Write, write, write

Alrighty then ... the London Screenwriters' Festival has come and gone.  For many of us it was a jolt of sheer electricity up our writers' butts.  Sounds painful - but most certainly wasn't!  Among many other things, it made me deliver on a promise to myself - to start blogging.
        
Now this may be of zero importance to the rest of world - but heck, this is my blog and it matters to me and I'll tell ya why.  It's all about writing.  There's all sorts of writers, of course - but when you bring it down to the basics you have two kinds - you have those who write and those who don't.
         
Don't get me wrong - I love procrastinating as much as the next writer!  I can dust and rearrange my office like you wouldn't believe.  The art of procrastination is an important part of the writer's craft - if you understand how it works and if you have a good handle on it... otherwise it's just, err, procrastinating.  There are times when the words need to get on paper - they just have to and you feel it in your bones.  And then there are those other times when you ponder with dutiful concentration or trust your writer's muscle and play with your action figures instead.  The times when you don't, actually, write.
        
Which brings me to this blog!  This shall be, henceforth, one of my playgrounds where I write when I don't write ... you know what I mean, right?  Right!?
          
I'll blog about screenwriting, of course.  About my past work, current engagements and upcoming gigs.  So far, I've had seven of my scripts produced.  I've worked on three different series, I've adapted two novels ... and frankly, that doesn't sounds like all that much, doesn't it.  But, when I think about it, there's so much more there.  There's more than a decade worth of a writer's blood, sweat and tears experiences.  About abandoned projects, about finance hell, about network decisions, about producer meetings, about agents, script notes and countless drafts.  About retaining and constantly reclaiming the passion for writing regardless of what's thrown at you.  About taking a punch, about loving it, about playing God on paper - about being a writer.
      
... yeah, I do think I have a few things to write about.