Day 13 Breaking the Block
Thirteenth night and the cracks have started to appear in the wall that was, until recently, a very solid case of writer’s block. Flow is moving again, however I find my story falling back and forth through time. At one moment I’m in the present where the story happens only to find myself in the next breath far in the character’s past discovering why he thinks, acts and feels the way he does. It’s a little like a temporal roller coaster.
I’ve given up on he idea of writing in a linear fashion. I can’t seem to get my mind around it. When I sit in front of the keyboard I just start writing what ever comes out. I used to try and force myself to carry on from the point I left off at, but that quickly lead to slowdown and a blockage forming. Now I’m just writing whatever section occurs to me. I will stitch the component parts together in the edit phase, after all isn’t that how Dr. Frankenstein got started with his monster?
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What a magnificently description of writer’s block. Very poetic. In fact, it’s ironic that such a piece is about writer’s block:)
By the way, thanks for the link.
That is how I seem to be doing it to. I expect that my word count will catch up much faster this way. I am doing a satire…on all sorts of world issues. I imagine I will have many edits.
That is how I seem to be doing my novel too. I am writing a satire about all sorts of world issues and I expect many edits. I wish you luck and I am glad to see that you are still working on this project.
Tammi - A good therapy for not writing is to write about not writing and before you know it, you’re writing. It’s like learning to fly… we throw ourselves at the ground until we miss
I enjoyed reading your site so the link is my pleasure.
TheBlueButterfy - thanks for the encouragement… it was looking pretty dark on Friday night and now it feels much better.