Friday 10 October 2014

A Creative Mind filled with Ideas. I Just Need to Write it Down!

Recently I am falling into the classic trap of the writer; I am procrastinating even though I have a deadline looming and a head full of ideas for story fillers. I don't know why I am doing this. The deadline in question is not fixed by contract, so that is part of the problem. It is simply the deadline for a short story competition that I want to enter. So why can't I actually write it? I mean, I even have the rough thing written down in diary form, because the idea comes from a personal experience a few years ago. I don't understand what my problem is!


I have notebooks filled with scrawled snippets to be included in future stories. My head is scrambled because the words are desperate for release. I sit down at my computer with the intention of writing, and somehow I distract myself with social media, and emails, and blogs, and every other little piece of the puzzle that fit together to form the life of the 21st century indie author. And then I am interrupted at frequent intervals to deal with my children, or my dog, or do that little household chore that I've been meaning to do all week... and the list goes on.


How do I move on from this? How can I stop myself from procrastinating when I know I should be writing? I need to be strict. I need to time my writing schedule more effectively so I don't get interrupted by needy children. I need to do a whole lot of things to make it all work. But you know what? Right now it doesn't matter. The stories will come when they are ready. They are always there, always waiting. Some days they force their way out, and on those occasions I embrace the mood and simply write. That is just how I work. How do you work? Do you procrastinate, or do you just write?

2 comments:

  1. I have things written down on cigarette packages, in notebooks, on scraps of paper, and on napkins. LOL I totally know how you feel!

    I also have a list of blog post ideas, 38 drafts in my dashboard of WordPress, and a ton of other things written down!

    Yeah, us writers are a bit of a mess, but that is what makes our lives so interesting and glamorous, right? LOL

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  2. Ha ha, true! I almost had to dive out of the shower the other day when inspiration hit, but I held on, rinsed off quickly, and then found a notebook as soon as I got out. Ah, we do lead a life of fun and adventure... ;)

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