When I get writer's block, I REALLY get writer's block! And have I got a doozie of it right now!
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I released and am marketing The Complete Novel Plotting Workbook - which is going great, and you would think I'd be moving on to something new. But the fact of it is, I just can't seem to do that.
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I wonder if it's because there was no point of sending my baby off into the world. It's still here, and I'm doing it all. Kinda like having a 40 year old kid still living at home, I'd imagine.
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I tend toward workaholicism, so if there's anything left to do on a pet project, I'll find it and do it. When I got my guitar, I played until my fingers bled. With the violin, I couldn't move my thumb from holding the bow for so long at a time. I'm a hound dog with a good scent, I just can't leave it alone if I know it's there! (speaking of hound dogs - look at these pictures!)
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So, meanwhile, back at the ranch...
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Here I am with fifty stories on the back burner and completely unable to get any of them to boil. I've got to get cookin' but I'm afraid I've forgotten how to turn up the heat... No, that's not it at all. Frankly, I'm stifled. I have a sick dog, a sick boy, and zero sleep! My house is a wreck, and no matter how clean it gets, it looks like a tornado hit five minutes later. I'm cranky, and feeling more than a little cantakerous. But I cannot "check out" to get into the writing phase because they need me more right now.
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So I suppose, if I'm going to be blatantly honest - I'm frustrated! And probably a little bit lazy. I suppose if I really had the drive, I would find a way to write, and find something to write.
I don't want much, I just want the words to carry me away.....
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....far, FAR away.....
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...preferably to somewhere I could get a good night's sleep!
6 Comments:
I find that sleep (or lack of it) is a huge determining factor of creativity (or lack of it). Just breathe. It'll come back to you.
Hang in there hon. Lack of sleep and a messy house doesn't keep the muse happy. Infact she rebells. this summer has been a doozy in my lack of creativity/writing.
If I were you I'd do this. Do what you can when short pants is home and as soon as he goes to that blessed place called school dedicate that time alone to your writing. Make yourself a promise that its your time and do whatever you can to do it. Take the phone off the hook, (well not really at least filter your calls), lock the door, disconnect the internet, gather some food, and put the butt in the chair and write write write!!!!!!
Hang in there Weston, We have all been there.
Good luck! I've been talking to some other people and when it comes down to it--there are times where writing is not what you should be concentrating on--where all you have has to be put into your family. But all things will level out again, so just be patient. You'll come around again and start going crazy on writing!
Karlene's right. Lack of sleep is a real impediment. Not to mention that sometimes, it's just hard no matter what. It'll get better. Hang in there.
School starts in two weeks - and I need to stay at the school so I'm there at any time he might need me (doctors orders - abandonment issues). But they have a lobby with a chair, an outlet and Wi-Fi - so that's three hours I'm stuck in one spot with nothing better to do.
It's gonna be awesome!
Being a mom is tough (as you are discovering). Just take care of your little guy and yourself. The words are still there in your head. They'll be there when you are ready to give them more attention.
By the way, when I discovered your Wednesday's Child blog recently, I went back to the beginning and read the whole thing. Wow! I think you have the skeleton of another book there.
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