Scriptfrenzy

I like to write. I have a talent for it but like any talent, it takes practice. I'd like to get serious about it now. One way I've been doing that is by entering contests, paid and unpaid. One of them is a screenwriting challenge (i've never written a screen play) for 100 pages in a month. I'm 3 pages away from 50 and I have no idea where the other fifty are going to come from. I thought about starting a second short play but really, the big story I have to tell is my own. I find talking about it in the third person helps give me perspective as to what is interesting to look at not just read.

I also bought a book called writer's market. It comes with an online addition that lets me search for types of articles to write and magazines to submit them to. First of all, I need a collection of work. Books, articles, Essays - non fiction opinion, research etc.

My blogs have helped keep my writing skill honed but its time to ante up.

Aside from my own little world, John has been sick again with pneumonia. I'm nervous and scared like any sister. Its made worse by his inability to really tell us 'i'm feeling congested or really tired' - the only sign is sleeping late and being unable to move without help. They caught it early and he was only in ICU 4 days before going home. They sent him home with O2 but we can only put it on him at night. He did come home for Easter. He was his annoying little self so you know he's feeling better.

I think he gets away with more because he's ill and ill a lot and he knows he's treated differently. He's on a lot of meds to handle his behaviors and at the home he lives at, there's a nice time out room - a sunroom with his cd player for him to chill out without being overstimulated.

The hard part of this bout with pneumonia was the doctor saying his lungs are severely damaged. there will be a time when we don't catch it and he'll not wake up. Not saying it'll happen tomorrow or this year or in five years just..it is likely to happen. Facing mortality - always hard.

Mom and I and John and Angie will be buried together or all of us cremated at the same plot. Time will tell.

I do want to write my book about Angie and John. Maybe a short story for a website would be a good start. I think there's a serious need for research on alternatives for adults with disabilities in the different regions. A comparison if there isn't one already. But that's a huge project. I wonder if I could at least get a handout from each state. Maybe one of the Down Syndrome websites has or an interest in it.