Karl Wiggins
Haha I don't get writer's block at all. I just never seem to have the time to write. I'm so excited about my next book, yet I can't see it being finished before Christmas.
My wife, Sue, has got used to me by now, but I suspect she doesn’t really approve. It must be terribly hard to live with a writer because his mind is always in two or more places at once. I make every effort to stay in the present. If anyone comes into my study when I’m writing, which they do a lot, I immediately take my glasses off, spin around in my chair and attempt to focus entirely on the conversation. My face possibly gives off the impression of full attention, but inside I’m in turmoil. I’m making every effort to focus on the conversation in front of me whilst still holding onto the thoughts in my head that I’m desperate to get down on paper.
I’ve held onto thoughts for months, possibly years, and at times it can be very stressful. My mind’s all over the place.
I also see humorous material - which is my genre - all around me so I keep adding to my list all the time. Ha ha, I wish I could get writer’s block once in a while to give myself a break.
I mentioned above that it must be tough on a writer’s family, and that’s very true. Although I work in construction management I’m hopeless at D.I.Y. A lot of blokes at work say, “There are a few jobs the missus wants me to do over the weekend,” but Sue does most of the D.I.Y. jobs in our house, only calling on me for something that requires strength. She’s a very hard worker, a machine, but tends to tut and sigh about it a lot. You can’t really blame her, can you?
I’ve got a friend who sits on the sofa and snuggles up with her boyfriend every night to watch telly. She could never live with a writer. But saying that I don’t really think Sue understands or appreciates the mind of a writer either, even after all these years. I sometimes feel she thinks I’m wasting my time, but it’s not as if I’m down the bookies or the pub or chasing other women!
There are TV programmes we like to watch together and as I feel family time is important I’ll always come in and watch with them. So I’ll give up writing time to sit together and watch a TV show, and as soon as it starts both Sue and our son get out their I Pads and start searching out stuff on those. So once again I feel like I’m on my own in the room, and want to get back to my writing.
It’s a wretched occupation, that of the writer.
My wife, Sue, has got used to me by now, but I suspect she doesn’t really approve. It must be terribly hard to live with a writer because his mind is always in two or more places at once. I make every effort to stay in the present. If anyone comes into my study when I’m writing, which they do a lot, I immediately take my glasses off, spin around in my chair and attempt to focus entirely on the conversation. My face possibly gives off the impression of full attention, but inside I’m in turmoil. I’m making every effort to focus on the conversation in front of me whilst still holding onto the thoughts in my head that I’m desperate to get down on paper.
I’ve held onto thoughts for months, possibly years, and at times it can be very stressful. My mind’s all over the place.
I also see humorous material - which is my genre - all around me so I keep adding to my list all the time. Ha ha, I wish I could get writer’s block once in a while to give myself a break.
I mentioned above that it must be tough on a writer’s family, and that’s very true. Although I work in construction management I’m hopeless at D.I.Y. A lot of blokes at work say, “There are a few jobs the missus wants me to do over the weekend,” but Sue does most of the D.I.Y. jobs in our house, only calling on me for something that requires strength. She’s a very hard worker, a machine, but tends to tut and sigh about it a lot. You can’t really blame her, can you?
I’ve got a friend who sits on the sofa and snuggles up with her boyfriend every night to watch telly. She could never live with a writer. But saying that I don’t really think Sue understands or appreciates the mind of a writer either, even after all these years. I sometimes feel she thinks I’m wasting my time, but it’s not as if I’m down the bookies or the pub or chasing other women!
There are TV programmes we like to watch together and as I feel family time is important I’ll always come in and watch with them. So I’ll give up writing time to sit together and watch a TV show, and as soon as it starts both Sue and our son get out their I Pads and start searching out stuff on those. So once again I feel like I’m on my own in the room, and want to get back to my writing.
It’s a wretched occupation, that of the writer.
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