I wrote the first part of a story last night, it isn't something I have really done ever without being coerced. I wonder how annoying I was to teach English to in retrospect? It may not have been immediate, or in fact anything to do with them at all, but I sat down an wrote a story for my own pleasure. It was Lovecraft-ian in nature and probably not very good but I find my self pleased beyond measure that I actually did it.

I large part of it is down to what we are trying to do in improv at the moment, and the switch of our focus into story telling and long form. It occurred to me that I had never tried to tell a story. I approached it from a fairly improvised standpoint, thinking of a first line and a style, and taking it form there. I would be lying if I said I didn't find it a challenge, there are so many things to think about and I found myself wanting to go back and edit what I had done. This is probably down to the fact that normally this option isn't open to me when I'm telling stories up on stage. It has certainly made me think about a number of things which I need to work on.

1. I found that I wrote about the relationships and environment that my characters had, but beyond that we knew far to little of the character to care about them.
2. I lack the confidence to build the scene, this is a hangover from too much short-form, the pace was far higher than the average Lovecraft stories and suffers for it.
3. I need to finish the story before I edit it, forcing myself to just write certainly helped.

On a much more me note (and by that I mean involving computers and techie stuff); I'm building a frame to attach my spare monitor to, so I can mount it on the end of my bed. I can't really attach the telly to the wall without my landlords permission and I want a solution I can take with me. I think that attaching it to my bed is an excellent solution. It can be moved around, it doesn't need any structural work or worries and it is very cheap. My main worry is, did I buy a strong enough hook? This will be taking most of the weight, But I put a big load on it (mostly me) and it didn't give. The monitor and vesa mount weigh much less. I'll put some photos up when I'm done. It might well be a proper McGuyver Job!

Tags: writting, stories, improv, diy, av, computers