Andrew Barrett's Blog, page 11

Hmmm, work is getting in the way somewhat.

Unfortunately I am one of those people who seem incapable of writing if I’m busy looking at the clock. I need to know I have no commitments in the near future in order to meld into the keyboard. If I feel the deadline for the pre-work shower looming, then I cannot write.

This week I have been working the late shift, which means starting work at 2pm. And because yesterday I also worked a late shift, it means my head didn’t touch the pillow until well after midnight.

I admit, I am not a fan of early mornings, so when I finally crack my knuckles in front of this very screen, I am already peeking at the little clock in the bottom right corner, already warning myself that I must not be late for work, and it is those warnings that prevent me disappearing inside my story; I always have one foot in there and the other out here, not a good frame of mind for story-telling.

Writer's block - this is not

So working nights isn’t as conducive to writing as I’d hoped. I am on day one, which means I have all day to write, it means I have until about 9.30pm to get the story out of my head and set it adrift on this very keyboard. 

Easy. 

*Whistles* 

This is definitely not writer’s block.