September 23, 2006
Sit Down and Write
There are days when writing comes easy, when the words flood my head so fast my fingers can’t keep up. On these days I marvel at my own brilliance, interruptions make me want to commit murder via dirty look and I don’t care if Lost is a new episode or not. These are good days.
Sadly, they’re a rarity.
On the other end of the spectrum are the days when coming up with a single paragraph takes two hours. (And it’s crap, anyways!) On these days I change my CDs frequently, cut my toe nails, respond with freakish speed to email. By the time I pick DS up from school, I’m lucky if I’ve managed to finish my pages for my WIP. Never mind rewriting or crits. These are the days that muse mocks the loudest from his bar stool and the demon, self-doubt, is perched quite comfortably on my shoulder.
Fortunately, days like this are a rarity also. Usually, I sit somewhere in the middle.
Interestingly, when I’m rewriting, and I remember my state of mind while I’d been writing the first draft, I’ve noticed the passages that had been like pulling teeth (I know cliche, but it’s a blog. Gimme a friggin’ break.) actually read much smoother and require less work the second time around.
So my point–and I am making one–is that no matter how much what your writing seems like the worst drivel to ever be born, you never know what a little time and perspective can do. In the end, sit down and write. You can make it good later.
Mood: Up
Music: Annie Lennox – Bare
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