June 16, 2020
Will I ever dare and write only the day? Ooh La La.
I continued to work on the Kingsway Massage story. I write only for publication as who reads these journals? I write for a resume line.
I wanted her to stop but I couldn’t make decisions except those which didn’t hurt anyone.”
“It was stupid. I was stupid. I’m sorry.”
Events which don’t have a narrative form. What can we do with them?
Event/incident/plot alone must carry the emotional weight. Perhaps, statements of feeling have a place outside of critical moments . . . to characterize . . . but then you’re left with smart, witty movies like Layer Cake or Knives Out that contain no emotion. What about Midsommar or Hereditary? A plotted movie with emotional depth?
How to assess one’s own work?
