From my Journal: Words of Writing

―My writing rambles until I pull it out, shrink it in, rework, remold, reshape and then polish, review, polish, review, polish, review....and half the time, it still rambles.―

―Yesterday my narrative was lopsided and tired and all bogged down with meanderings, muddlings and mixed messages.―

―I'm sure I could write better if I cleared off my desktop.  But then I would have to empty the trash, replenish the garbage bags, which would require a trip to the store, return and put the wet, almost-stinky clothes that have been sitting in the washer since Tuesday into the dryer, refill the now-empty washer with my my pile of dirty clothes blocking the downstairs hallway, trek to the kitchen and load up the dishwasher with what is sitting in the sink, and haul my carefully folded, freshly laundered clothes back upstairs to put away.  Then I would return to my desk to write, and it would be time to leave for my 2:00 appointment.―

―Dear Louise: When I set the alarm to give you a 20 minute writing session, you are not to spend it staring off into space, scratching an itch, memorizing a grocery list or an errand list or a phone list, evaluating your aging manicure, planning your next knitting project or tugging at the calluses on your feet.―

―Either the flow is there, or it isn't.  If it is, keep writing until it's gone.  If it isn't, it cannot be manufactured by flipping on some mental switch and having it spew through eager fingers onto the keyboard.  That would be nice, but it doesn't work that way; so go do something else.―

―Like have a good weekend!―

―From Louise―

Comments

[Briget]

OMG honey, this speaks to me...

you are not to spend it staring off into space, scratching an itch:

...clearing piles of paper off your desk, updating your calendar, making phone calls, thinking about cleaning...

I could go onandonandon...

[Louise]

You go, girl!

[Deirdra]

Fun piece!