Well Shit! It strikes again...

Pen paralysis, typing torpidity, idea inactivity.... also known as the dreaded- Writer's block.  I went through this with my previous manuscript and it lasted nearly 8 months.  Then, when I began again, the first 14 chapters received a complete overhaul.  While this current episode of stagnation only began a couple of weeks ago, I find myself already reworking the first 4 of the 10 chapters I have 'completed' to this point. 

While I am actively writing I try to avoid any other books.  I don't read them, buy them or listen to them.  I find that it sends my brain into overdrive and I start shifting plots and changing back-stories on a whim.  While this may be good for other writers, I have the attention span of a gnat and I certainly don't need help getting...... LOOK a bunny!

One time, I nearly got hit in the head with a softball while playing right field because there was a dragonfly dancing in front of me.  I like dragonflies.  Look, I did it again. See what I mean? :)

Ok, where was I?  Oh, right... my lack of focus.  Maybe that's not the right term.  I have focus, especially when I am in 'the moment'.  The problem lies with the amount of activity and ideas that swirl in my head- similar to a twister in a filing cabinet.  I have hundreds of pieces of paper, stacks of  notebooks and notepads and countless scribbled post-its strewn about my home and office. Each and every one has at least one very important note or idea written on it (accompanied by a variety of cute swirly loops and puffy hearts).  Uhh.... Where was I going with this? Oh, yes... writer's block.

It's not my lack of ideas that prevent me from writing it's my inability to control and manage all of the ones that constantly compete for my attention.  So it's really more of idea inundation or creative congestion than an actual 'blockage'.  Either way, I'm stuck.  It's okay though.  One thing I've learned is that, you can't force it- that's how you get hemorrhoids! (See what I did there?! It was a poop joke!)

Smooches!
TinaMichele

Oh... and just because I can, I am posting a link to a completely irrelevant but fascinating article about a recent archeological discovery (another passion of mine). Click HERE to be fascinated! ;)