Tuesday, October 21, 2008

I Wonder

So far in the blog, I have featured a little bit of everything. I have divulged to you my poetry, my super short narratives, my own personal accounts and my commentary on whatever the hell I'm thinking. I've noticed more people are fans when I decide to let loose and let my words type along with my thoughts rather than when I try to plot something down more carefully. This makes me wonder if I have a skill for improvisation. Somebody! Quick! Give me a location, a type of fruit and the title to a Tom Selleck movie!

No, I'm not prepared to go on stage just yet. But why can't my free thoughts translate well into written word? When doing presentations in class, I find that I'm actually disabled by having notes set in front of me. I can't have boundaries. I have to be able to pick and choose what to say as I go along. 

Now, my dream in life is to be writer. I want to pen the novels you read and the movies you watch. Since I have trouble sticking to things that I write down, is there a way for me to come up with a movie on the fly? I mean, as we film? Sure, I'll have a basic premise for the whole thing but I want to be able to just do what strikes my mood at the time. If I was a comedian, I don't think I would have a set of jokes. I think I'd just go up there and I say whatever I'm thinking about. 

I think that my maverick style of doing things is certainly a gift. (Can I say maverick or has the McCain/Palin campaign copyrighted it?) I'm trying to figure out how I can apply it. So, we faithful two readers, what am I destined to do? Television Personality is the answer. Mo Rocca is doing it. I'll make sure to apply the same place he did.