The Journal

 

Letter from the Author  

 

Dear Reader, 

Hello and welcome to the world inside my head! I created this page to give some insight into how I catalog, collect, and remember my ideas. Because I can encounter inspiration for my writing anywhere and at any moment, I keep a journal on me at all times (or if forgotten, the iphone notes app is the next best thing) to jot down possible starting points to develop into a piece. Below, you’ll see the most recent entry, which contains everything from poem themes, script casts, and words that I think sound cool, to quotes that inspired me, recipes I want to add, and even random lines of writing. Additionally, this page is updated monthly, as by that time there is almost always a fresh wave of ideas adding onto the previous. Be sure to keep an eye out for the entries that were actually developed into full pieces, as you’ll be able to read them through the writing or theatre page. Enjoy!

– Madi

Journal Entry – October

Simple Pleasures – want to write a script of happiness and peace, almost like a dream

 

“To the girls with softer dreams; your purpose is just as powerful”

 – Lauren Roberts

 

When loneliness comes knocking

 

Through walls I hear it talking

 

Poem about the seasons

 

Poem of a thunderstorm (but somehow add in the technique where you count after lightning to find the thunder)

 – Allude to a thunderstorm, but don’t blatantly say it

– Play off of the sights, sounds, and feelings

 

Poem of how darkness emphasizes the light

 – When its cold and dreary outside, inside becomes that more warm and cozy

– Standing in the shade makes the patch of sun more golden

– The grey of the sky brings out the brilliance of the autumn leaves

 

Quiet hearts: combination of all my favorite quotes, but tweaked, into one poem / story

 

Dredger blue (these characters will all represent one deadly sin)

 

Cast:

 1. fishmonger (gluttony)

2. marine biologist (envy)

3. siren (lust)

4. captain (pride)

5. swashbuckler (wrath)

6. hermit (sloth)

7. pearl diver (greed)

 

Monologue about losing a friend

 

Hop along little frog,

 

Wait and see

 

What’s one for you,

 

Is two for me

 

Recipes I want to add:

 

Pasta Primavera 

 

Six Threes 

 

Garlic Shrimp Stir Fry 

 

Empanadas 

 

Onion Tart

 

Interesting Words

 – Serendipity

– Star crossed lovers

– Verisimilitude

– Calico

– Barracuda

– Watercolor

“Forgiveness does not fix your past; it gives you back your future.”

– Paul Boose