When The Going Gets Tough… Write!

Things have not been going the way I would like them to this past week. (Argh, Universe! <shakes fist>) You know… you end up stuffing one’s face with Oreos. For the life of you, you can’t seem to recall passwords you use daily. The majority of the food in the fridge has somehow whizzed by its expiry date and nobody noticed or did anything about it.

Yep, one of those.

You need a little ‘getaway.’

In the midst of this month, I keep thinking “I really need to be writing something. I really do.”

Add 1 cup guilt, a large bag of ‘Should’, a box of ‘Desire’ and mix. Read a few inspiring posts (Matt Sinclair) or messages from other writer friends (Cat Woods). Fold in one long nap by baby and a lack of motivation to do laundry, toss in the oven for two hours at 450F. Pull it out of the oven and it turns out that little recipe was for getting some writing done.

Or at least it seems to be taking a few minutes to look over what you’ve got and planning your next move, and letting inspiration sort you out, smooth your feathers, and make you feel whole again. Either way, it’s more than you’ve done in over a month.

Nice, eh?

So, the next time the going gets tough, sit down. Write. It’ll make you feel good.

To quote the Comedy Network: It’s time well wasted.

Does writing soothe your soul?

Inspiration?

You’re the meaning in my life, you’re the inspiration…Oops sorry. Got that song stuck in my head now.

So, I was reading my horrorscope today and look what it said:
“The Moon’s entry into your 12th House of Imagination can jump-start a fantasy today. But you’ll need to suspend disbelief in order for the dream to take hold. Don’t waste energy now trying to clarify the fiction and flush out the facts. Just appreciate the whole story for the creative masterpiece it is; you can always come back and analyze it on another day.”

It’s interesting as my online critique group and I were discussing this sort of thing just yesterday. Do you just let it flow? Do you tweak as you go? Some of us are tweakers and agonize how long it takes to get a first draft down. Some of us are flow types and agonize over how long it takes us to edit. Looking over my horoscope, I guess it means I should just write down whatever comes to mind during my writing session this afternoon and worry about editing and fixing and adding to it some other time.

Sweet. I can handle that.