I drove home from taking big D to a fall's class (that is falling down, not fall foliage) and thought about what I was going to share that day with the world. During the hour drive I wrote this elaborate post, very interesting and insightful, and was ready to write it down the minute I got home, but...well I already wrote it and it seemed like a waste of time rewriting it on paper.
That happens to me a lot. I will think of a story and write it out in my head, but when it comes time to put it to paper I am bored with the idea and I just can't get it to work.
Maybe I should realize that if I am bored with the idea, then it must not have been that great of an idea. Searching for fresh and interesting ideas are always hard. Some books I have read I have kept with me for years, and I am always going back over the ideas, so I know that it is possible to have ideas that are long-lasting. They just don't come from me.
So the more spontaneous I am the more I will write. I guess it is the readers who suffer the spontaneous, but at least it gets written.
That happens to me a lot. I will think of a story and write it out in my head, but when it comes time to put it to paper I am bored with the idea and I just can't get it to work.
Maybe I should realize that if I am bored with the idea, then it must not have been that great of an idea. Searching for fresh and interesting ideas are always hard. Some books I have read I have kept with me for years, and I am always going back over the ideas, so I know that it is possible to have ideas that are long-lasting. They just don't come from me.
So the more spontaneous I am the more I will write. I guess it is the readers who suffer the spontaneous, but at least it gets written.
Must be a common dilemma of the writer. You keep wanting to enjoy the process. Big mistake.
ReplyDeleteIs that way you get behind on your blogs & then do three to catch up?
ReplyDeleteI actually find them to be ALWAYS interesting, sometimes fascinating & often incredibly insightful.
keep up the great work!