Saturday 25 June 2011

hello again

This is what I did: I resigned from my job and went to India. And I sort of thought about writing a big serious play about Important Things while I was there. But instead what I mainly did was to see lots of places and do lots of interesting things. And every day I woke up and gave thanks that I had escaped sitting in an office all day, burning through my confidence reserves at a dangerous rate and quietly going mad.

India was often challenging but endlessly fascinating. And out of it I wrote something new. I wonder if you can guess whether it was

a) a hard-hitting piece about poverty and globalisation
b) an experimental piece based around slums
c) a ludicrous comedy based around a Mills and Boon romantic novel.

Yeah. It was the Mills and Boon one. No discernable India references whatsoever. No political agenda. Just some funny stuff about romantic heroes wearing ruffles. Inspiration at its randomest...

2 comments:

Brian Keaney said...

Congratulations. Quitting your job and going to India sounds like a very good move. One day you probably will write something set in India. It takes a while to internalise stuff, I think.

easily distracted writer said...

I'm hoping it will translate into inspiration at some point! But even if not, I really enjoyed having the chance to travel...