Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?
I have a lot of both paper and computer files that contain enough notes for me to use to write full time, eight hours a day, for another lifetime (at least). Sadly, I’ll never get the chance to do that unless I turn out to be an immortal like Duncan McLeod. So I’ll have to be content with occasionally throwing into whatever I’m working on a character name, bit of dialogue, or title that I conceived eons ago.
Today’s blog post title is on one of those pieces of paper.
But do I look more into the past or the future? My first inclination is to say the future, but then I think: the past is the mine in which I dig for material for these blog posts as well as my podcast, Audio Chimera, which is all about memory and memories.
Daily, however, I am focused more on the future. Creating a new theatre and performance group consists of a great deal of forward thinking and planning. Arranging meetings, scheduling performances, creating social media posts, integrating marketing ideas into the mix—it’s all there. And I try to do at least one hour’s work a day on StoryZ before I get waylaid or distracted by something else.
The key is never to dwell on the past, but sift through the rubble to find what’s useful for the future.
MUSOFYR 