Day 7- A Letter to Self

Well, this is my Day 7 assignment and I am grateful to Brian Klems Writers Digest for all of these exercises. You might wonder what happened to the assignment for Day 6. I did write it, but I felt it needed a lot more work, and besides it was very personal. There were two main characters in the story- The Ogre and the Mother Ogre. Both of these are characters from my past life and I will show them after all of these assignments are done. Here is the Day 7 assignment: Day 7: Write a letter to yourself telling you what you need to improve in the coming 6 months

Dear Self, In the next six months I would like to improve my exercise regimen. At the time of this writing, I have no exercise regimen, except for shoveling snow, which will someday melt away. It is difficult to get into an exercise regimen when there are no sidewalks to walk on. And, I also have no intention of taking a walk with Betty, my black lab- because I am certain she will make me fall down. I would also like to improve my eating habits. I have made a start with that by eating a low carb diet at present. I have not been to a fast food joint in over three weeks. Life has become a bore! If this letter is supposed to be about writing and how I can improve that- well, I really don’t understand how to do that. Web writing is for morons. The only concern of the editors is loading a certain number of keywords, and placing links to other sites in just the right place. I do not see that as creative writing, but as engineered marketing. If we are talking about publishing a fictional piece, anyone can do that now. There are all kinds of ways to self-publish. The only way to get published the old fashioned way is to either know someone in the business, or be a ghostwriter for James Patterson. Perhaps, I could improve my attitude, but that is beyond redemption and besides my attitude fits my personal beliefs. None of which are any of your damn business! Oh, I forgot- I am writing this to myself and I know my business. What a scream! Yours truly, April