Nerdular Nerdence

Breakthrough! I did some honest to goodness writing this week. I did not just mull over ideas or analyze plot angles, which is the gear (freudian typo: fear) I’ve been stuck in for far too long. I have a hard time quieting the perfectionist who resides in my head. I’m working on that. What worked for me, in this instance,was to put on music that I knew would inspire some thoughts/emotions for what I wanted to write. These were not my thoughts or emotions mind you, I once in a while engage in a bit of Method acting when I write. That’s the best way I can describe the process for myself. I need to try on the dialogue, the thoughts and see if they feel genuine to the character or not. It’s not easy but I like the writing that results from the process. This is not always the way I write but sometimes when I feel stuck it helps get some thoughts flowing.

The last year or so has been another long hiatus from the actual act of writing. I’ve had lots to be proud of in other areas but once again I’ve failed to push myself to write anything of any substance or significant length.

I let myself believe in the dream that “one day” I will magically have time to finish all the works I’ve started.

As I was sitting on the couch with my napping puppy, Yoda, I came to the realization that the dream will never become reality. No, I must ‘make’ time to write. Of course this idea is not revolutionary, simply truthful. I will not need to alter the universe’s space-time fabric to accomplish this. I simply need to replace some of the time I now waste on junk with a pursuit that gives me some intellectual satisfaction.

Will I ever get published or make money at it ? I honestly do not care. I simply want to be great at the craft of writing. To do that, I need to regularly practice the craft or at least hammer away at ideas. I hope this blog will help with that.

Where things get complicated is that some of my best ideas have come from working to a deadline but some of what I think are my best lines have come from that classic cliche — thin air. It is my hope that I can make the two ‘modes’ of my writing meet more often.