Jumbled ideas

I go through annoying spurts of ideas that jumble their way into my head. Then it seems to be my job to untangle them and arrange them into a cohesive format. Then I struggle to get them down on the page and expand on the themes appropriately.


Isn't that kind of the job of the author? You might ask.

Duh, yes it is. This is so much harder than I thought it would be sometimes. For me, writers block is really just more of procrastination than of a lack of ideas. It is when I am filled with so many ideas that I forget them before I can even solidify them that I feel overwhelmed and unable to write. Perhaps I need to always keep something to write on with me at all times. It is usually the worst at 5 am when I am just about to fall asleep. It is then that I solve some sort of problem that I am having advancing a character or bringing together a story line. If I get up to write it down, I might as well go back to the computer and forget about sleeping. So I think to myself, don't forget this Stacy.

I think that over and over again. In the morning, what do I find? No memory of the full idea, just a hint of what had been going through my head. I guess that I will have to sacrifice sleep in order to make this the best it can be.

I sat down and wrote 10 pages today. Up to over eleven thousand words and only into the third chapter. I guess that is just about right.

On a different note, I forwarded one of my other stories to a good friend a few days ago. More in the interest of gaining critique more than anything else. He said that he thought it was "freakin' awesome" and asked if he could share it with others. I was completely unprepared for this reaction. I need to refine it more. I need to finish it. Most importantly, I need to make sure I won't get any angry emails from people who might see a slight resemblance to themselves in the story. That would be a smart idea.


Let’s see what tomorrow will bring.