Tuesday 9th February 2016

Was working till really late last night, but nice to get stuff done. That's the joy of Monday nights I guess; I'm barely ever gigging on on a Monday. 

Ultra-productive today too - in a soap opera-writing sort of way. Spent a lot of the day being a good son, visiting mum, taking her to every shop in town, but generally not feeling like I'm not doing enough and feeling a bit beaten down by her uncharacteristic put-downs ("Louis Walsh says if you haven't made it in a band by 19, you should give up," and "most people your age have a wife and kids") but I'll put it down to grief. 

Home, and grumpy, I carried on nailing the plot for the soap, something I'd spent hours working in whilst sat in Waitrose car park waiting for mum. 

Ended up working on it till 1am, simplified the plot and cut 4 cast members, as I want this to be a 30 episode thing, not 50, as I think 30 is enough, yeah? Quite excited by these characters, this could be the project that motivates me to get up in the mornings...something that has been a bit of an issue, recently.