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The Groove
Jan. 5th, 2007 10:22 pmFirst of all, I am hornswoggled and besmiggled by the interesting people who lurk and delurk in this lj. Wow. What a bunch!
But onward, to my dull existence. The holidays are a period of disruption. I have a difficult time getting back into the mindset after prolonged periods of disruption, or even after the weekend for that matter, but particularly if my entire routine has been overturned. As it had been.
So today I had at last an entire day to write.
Which naturally meant that I stared at the screen and realized that every single word was so unbelievably stupid and dull that there was no point in continuing. If you think you are the only one who ever goes through this, you aren't - and I would guess not by a long shot.
Today I just couldn't get past the hump, but I'm hoping to spend some hours on Sunday afternoon retraining my brain back to the writing groove-thing, whatever that is. The worst part really is that when I hit a day like this I eat horribly, and then I feel kind of sick as well as stressed because I'm behind deadline and frustrated and low because I'm stuck. I mean, not that I'm stuck internally within the book, since I know what is happening where I left off and what happens after that and etc.
I don't know if there is a groove or a rhythm or brainwaves, an actual altered state that the mind slides into, that produces or is a consequence of creativity. Anyone know? What do you all do to get back into writing mind after a break?
But onward, to my dull existence. The holidays are a period of disruption. I have a difficult time getting back into the mindset after prolonged periods of disruption, or even after the weekend for that matter, but particularly if my entire routine has been overturned. As it had been.
So today I had at last an entire day to write.
Which naturally meant that I stared at the screen and realized that every single word was so unbelievably stupid and dull that there was no point in continuing. If you think you are the only one who ever goes through this, you aren't - and I would guess not by a long shot.
Today I just couldn't get past the hump, but I'm hoping to spend some hours on Sunday afternoon retraining my brain back to the writing groove-thing, whatever that is. The worst part really is that when I hit a day like this I eat horribly, and then I feel kind of sick as well as stressed because I'm behind deadline and frustrated and low because I'm stuck. I mean, not that I'm stuck internally within the book, since I know what is happening where I left off and what happens after that and etc.
I don't know if there is a groove or a rhythm or brainwaves, an actual altered state that the mind slides into, that produces or is a consequence of creativity. Anyone know? What do you all do to get back into writing mind after a break?