I manufactured for myself a full morning of writing and it started so well. Blah blah blah blah blah blah – full stop – new paragraph – capital letter – blah blah blah blah ….. Then from nowhere … BANG. Complete stop.
Temporary blip – check emails, twitter … go back ………
Where was I? oh yes blah blah blah blah ….. nothing…..
Another temporary blip.. watch end of rugby … go back..
Where was I? oh yes blah blah blah blah ….. nothing…..
Perhaps that’s all I’ve got? Maybe I can make what I’ve got into a short story. Sure why not that’s a great idea.
Research short story – free entry of course – lots – get a spreadsheet and list them all in closing date order – with links and everything. Done that – stop – that’s not going to work – it’s a terrible idea – delete spreadsheet.
Where was I? oh yes blah blah blah blah ….. nothing…..
Oh I know what I’ll think about choosing a cover for the book – that’ll be a great use of my time…. Look at images for a time – pretty – interesting – sardonic – choose one. Done that – stop – that’s not going to work – it’s a total waste of time – delete image.
Where was I? oh yes blah blah blah blah ….. nothing…..
Oh I know .. I’ll write a blog…….
That sounds very familiar. I need to be inspired to write and sometimes that just does not come and it is obvious in the way I approach writing as your articulated or in the quality of the words. It is comforting to hear I am not the only one!
Cheers
Jim