Messy Humans!

Reports of my death have been greatly exasperated...

I know its a clichéd way to open a blog post after having been absent for so long. Since my last post I've been very busy. There was Christmas of course but the main thing I wanted to talk about was work.

Yes I have a job now. I finally have money coming in and face that horrible irony. You could call it Heisenberg's social calender. For going out with friends you need money and time. Before I didn't have the money - now I don't have the time!

In all seriousness it is good to have a job. I'm working at a shop in the restaurant. The job is varied between dull and hectic - I imagine that sort of dichotomy is the same for any job. One thing I've learned from this job is that people are very messy. The restaurant is supposed to be self clean but many people don't clear their tables. Sometimes they even put the sign that says 'Please clear your table.' on the tray! We get a lot of people coming with children. It makes me worry for the next generation as some people can't follow so simple an instruction as that!

The job pays the bills though and I'm able to fit in Uni work and other writing around it. I've hit a bit of a snag with my novels but I think I've come up with a way to plan and work on them better - writing a script.

I find that scriptwriting is easier than novel writing. So I plan to write a script to tell the main points of the story and then write the novel from that script. I've never been one to plan my work but I think that using a script as a plan could be a great help.