Frame of mind

One of the most important factors I am actively keeping up is a positive attitude. I knew the life of a writer would be hard and I would have some curve balls thrown at me and so how you deal with those events is as important as dealing with them.

I am not the first homeless writer and I won't be the last. J.K. Rowling was in poverty when she wrote the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. She went from rags to riches in a very short period of time.

Tyler Perry was also another rags to riches story. So I am either gonna have to write a story about a young black wizard named "Larry Trotter" or make a bunch of pseudo-religious come plays based on me crossdressing as a Big Mama-type called "Megita".

I am pretty sure they tried to maintain a positive attitude through their situations. This is a process and I am fully committed to it.

Positive attitude. 

I will adapt and overcome.

I will write a script that will knock people's socks off.

I will sell a script

I will see a movie I have written

I will join the WGA 

I will get invited to the Oscars

I will...

Day 2

Through the help of a friend I had a couch to sleep on last night. One day down...two to go. However the chances of me sleeping under the California stars are still exteremy good. What makes my situation even worse is it's happening over a holiday weekend. Good Friday is not living up to the name.
I have a plan in place but I can't do anything until Monday. So today I am gonna do an errand that will bring me into the 21st century and help facilitate my plan.
The journey is just beginning...at least it's going to be one hell of a story.
The path of a thousand miles starts with one step.
Today is step one.

Rising from the ashes

I am homeless. The three most terrible words I have ever had to type. Oh, I am not talking homeless crashing on a buddies couch either. I am talking skid row, Hobo with a shotgun, no where to go homeless. Now before you start to offer me a place to stay let me say this...I am not taking offers. It has been rough watching friends and family turn me down that I am done with it. Besides I am not writing this to play upon your sympathy.
This is the chronicle of my rise from the bottom to where I want to be. It is unfortunate that my path has taken my this way but that which does not kill us makes us stronger. I should damn near be at Incredible Hulk levels of strength.
Most people in my position would blame others. I can only blame myself. I zigged when I should have zagged. I trusted in the wrong people. I was too soft to be in this business...too trusting....too friendly. I am an unfinished blade...the blacksmith has a few more imperfections to chip away from me. Faults will fall along the wayside...friendships and jobs that won't promote me or benefit me will not be accepted. I am all about business right now...Alfred Green's business. Sorry but the cool guy I was can't survive anymore. The guppy has been replaced with a shark.
Right now is my rebuilding year...and It's going to be all high powered offense and crushing defense.

I am homeless...but I am not hopeless.