I am pretty good at multitasking on certain things, but when it comes to writing, I throw myself into it 100%. That entire time, I thought about a character flow for Joshua and a plane trip from England. Between the last paragraph and this one, I had to stop for a few hours to do something else. I’m not really sure if there’s any difference between that and a writer. I believe in normal people, this would be an indication of a mental illness. Like now… I can’t really seem to stop writing down my thoughts about being obsessed. It’s very, VERY hard not to write when it comes knocking. As I have mentioned before, inspiration can strike at any time. I carry around my iPad faithfully to capture those moments, but I have found lately, that just jotting down a few notes here and there, or writing a couple of lines… isn’t enough. Sometimes, it gets to the point where my family is trying to talk to me, and I am “in the zone” with the story line, plotting of a scene, building a bridge between one chapter or section and another, etc. I find myself thinking about my books and characters constantly. That’s pretty hard up when you get to that level, but I think that means you are an actual writer. I mean stalker-level, mind-controlled, binge-eating, binge-watching, song stuck in your head, on the verge of losing your family and day job consumed. What do you do when something has consumed you? I’m not talking about a rousing game of Uno, or a gripping suspense climax in your favorite detective television show.
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