People deal with situations in different ways. Writing is how I deal with things. I am a very immaginative person. I have always been since I was a child, but was afraid to let my creative energy flow. Now that I'm older. I'm not so afraid anymore. I've been writing a lot lately, especially in the last five years. I wrote 3 screenplays and I am working on my fourth. It might sound weird, but writing has really helped me find myself. I usually tend to write when there are changes going on in my life. When I wrote my first screenplay "Finding You" it was around the time I had Jesse. It was a life changing event for me. I remember the first year living at my in-laws, Jesse would get up in the middle of the night. I would take him downstairs, feed him, and put him back to bed. Afterwards I would stay up and write. Whether it was for 10,20, 30 minutes, or an hour. The ideas would just flow. It wasn't block buster material, but I liked how the two main characters, Annie and Michael got along right away. She was a really sweet and likeable character. I feel in a way she is a lot like myself. I don't like conflict. I don't like to see people unhappy or angry. I don't thrive on that at all.
After I wrote "Finding You" I didn't have a lot of ideas for future screenplays. In 2005 after Natalie was born I went through a horrible depression, and it is a time I never want to go back to. Since I met Brian back in 2001 and until now I went through so changes in my life. Since meeting Brian I became engaged, pregnant with Jesse, got married, bought a house, and got pregnant with Natalie. It was a lot to take in. I was used to living at home, and doing my own thing.
At that time I began writing "Private Eyes" I really didn't have a lot of ideas. I just began writing scenes with the characters. I do that a lot when I write. An idea will come to me. I'll write the scene and peice it together like a puzzle. Like I said before I know my writing isn't great, but I enjoy doing it.
It's an "outlet" for me, and it's something I will probably be doing for the rest of my life.