Writing a blog is tricky. There's a lot of pressure to leave out both the good and the bad parts from those close to you. The dilemma made the movies in Julie and Julia . Occasionally I lapse into the third or even the second person to avoid controversy and recrimination, or speak about personal events through the filter of world news or another convenient prop. It's a tightrope. There's so much you can't come right out and say. and let's face it, my life's not interesting to begin with.
The worst is after a fight. I'm full of writing energy and I want to vent my side. but writing it out only escalates a bad situation. And glossing it over would be dishonest and waste a valuable opportunity to make discoveries about character and craft. Usually I resort to being vague or elliptical, satisfying no one. It's a fine line. Still it's been an incredible experience to create and then resurrect this project. I feel I've grown as a writer and a person, and I know now I will never stop writing. That is a victory in itself.
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