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All Work and No Play
I have been trying for days to write a one page story and yet here I sit staring a blinking cursor and a blank page.
Writer's Block.
It sounds so cliché to hear a writer talk about writer's block, but there is a reason for it. It's very common. (At least it is for me.)
There were years after university when the words just flowed from my fingertips. I could easily write almost 2000 words daily and managed to keep it up for years. Never a lull, never a blip in the idea train.
And then there's this year.
I could blame the pandemic, but my life doesn't look much different in 2020 than it did 2019. I'm just home more. Maybe that's it. A lack of inspiration. Nothing is really happening. And no one wants to read about the pandemic, much less write about it. (Unless you do... Let me know.)
I should be motivated. I have four books awaiting edits with one publisher and another story featured in anthology coming out this year. This is my year. This is my time to bask in the writing profession. Things are coming together for me.
Yet, the simple task of writing a one page story for my Writing Group's Halloween Zoom Meeting is weighing heavily on me. I have been thinking about it for weeks... A classic campfire ghost story. A project designed to be fun and spooky.
I had one idea, wrote another, but both of those stories fizzled out.
So, I'm writing this blog to get my fingers typing and my mind flowing.
The scariest part is that in one week's time, November 1st, National Novel Writing Month begins. It is a worldwide commitment to write 50000 words in a mere 30 days. I have participated for five years and managed to complete task each and every year.
But this year, I'm having doubts. If I can't write 500 words, can I write 50000? Only time will tell and I will be sure to keep you updated on my progress in my blog.
Perhaps I'll go the way of The Shining's Jack Torrance and type the same sentence over and over. Let's hope I don't go too crazy...
Happy Halloween week, readers.
Send all your scary vibrations my way.
Mandy Michelle, Nanowrimo Participant, Blocked Writer, and Female Jack Torrance.
Writer's Block.
It sounds so cliché to hear a writer talk about writer's block, but there is a reason for it. It's very common. (At least it is for me.)
There were years after university when the words just flowed from my fingertips. I could easily write almost 2000 words daily and managed to keep it up for years. Never a lull, never a blip in the idea train.
And then there's this year.
I could blame the pandemic, but my life doesn't look much different in 2020 than it did 2019. I'm just home more. Maybe that's it. A lack of inspiration. Nothing is really happening. And no one wants to read about the pandemic, much less write about it. (Unless you do... Let me know.)
I should be motivated. I have four books awaiting edits with one publisher and another story featured in anthology coming out this year. This is my year. This is my time to bask in the writing profession. Things are coming together for me.
Yet, the simple task of writing a one page story for my Writing Group's Halloween Zoom Meeting is weighing heavily on me. I have been thinking about it for weeks... A classic campfire ghost story. A project designed to be fun and spooky.
I had one idea, wrote another, but both of those stories fizzled out.
So, I'm writing this blog to get my fingers typing and my mind flowing.
The scariest part is that in one week's time, November 1st, National Novel Writing Month begins. It is a worldwide commitment to write 50000 words in a mere 30 days. I have participated for five years and managed to complete task each and every year.
But this year, I'm having doubts. If I can't write 500 words, can I write 50000? Only time will tell and I will be sure to keep you updated on my progress in my blog.
Perhaps I'll go the way of The Shining's Jack Torrance and type the same sentence over and over. Let's hope I don't go too crazy...
Happy Halloween week, readers.
Send all your scary vibrations my way.
Mandy Michelle, Nanowrimo Participant, Blocked Writer, and Female Jack Torrance.
