Behind the Scenes: A Writer’s Frustration (Not Enough Time To Write Everything She Wants To)

My problem is that I have too many ideas and not nearly enough time to write everything.  I was hoping to get eight books out this year, but it looks like I’ll only have seven, maybe even six.

I get why writers hire ghostwriters.  They have a ton of ideas in their heads and not enough time to write them all.  Today I was watching the movie “Mirror, Mirror”.  I don’t know if anyone saw it, but I rented it because it looked like it would be a fresh take off of “Snow White”.  I don’t know why, but I thought it would end up with the queen turning into the good guy.  Then I thought, “I’d love to write a book where the queen was misunderstood and ended up with the prince who was older than he was in the Disney movie.” Then I came back to reality and reminded myself that I can’t write this story because I’m already booked up on more story ideas than I’ll ever write.

I’d love to write everything that’s up in my head.  I really would.  But 80% of my ideas end up in the “never” pile because there’s not enough time in the day, and even though I write as fast as I can while trying to make each story the best it can be, I know I’ll never get to write everything I want.  So I have to pick and choose, which isn’t easy but necessary.

*sigh*  It’s so frustrating.  I just know that idea for a different viewpoint on Snow White could be a great story.

And yes, I know I need to make a post where Dave Larson gets on the witness stand, but my mind is blank so I have no idea on how to handle it.  I keep hoping inspiration will strike, but so far I can’t get anywhere.  I’m tempted to have him take the 5th and not say anything on the witness stand.  Is that a tacky way out?

Okay.  I’m going to see if I can get anything written.  Today hasn’t been a good one at all for creativity, minus the idea for a twist on Snow White.  LOL