WRITERS BLOCK OR WRITER’S BRICK WALL !
NO, I DON’T HAVE WRITER’S BLOCK, REALLY I DON’T! I HAVE HEARD IT AND I HAVE SAID IT TOO; BUT I REALLY DON’T-
OVER THE LAST YEAR MANY DIFFERENT THINGS HAVE TRANSPIRED TO ULTIMATELY CONSPIRE TO KEEP ME FROM THIS WRITING I AM ATTEMPTING TO COMPLETE. WELL ANY NUMBER OF PERSONAL OR LIFE ISSUES HAVE COME UP, SOME BIG SOME SMALL & STILL SOME NOT TO SURE WHAT TO CATEGORIZE ON LIFE’S METER RICHTER SCALE!
LET’S SEE, UNEXPECTED PASSING OF A CLOSE FRIEND, FAMILY ADDICTIONS GONE WILD, RENT INCREASES BEYOND BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS ON & ON OH YEAH CAT GOING TO VET FOR EMERGENCY, QUICK $1,000 BUT I DO WHAT I CAN SHELVING THE WRITING TEMPORARILY NOW & THEN FROM TIME TO TIME. SOMETIMES 5 DAYS, 5 WEEKS & YES SAY IT AINT SO., 5 MONTHS OF SLUGGISH “NO GO STARTS”!
YES THOSE CAN CERTAINLY CREATE MILD TO SEVERE BLOCKS FOR THE WRITERS FLUID FLOW OF CREATIVE MASTERPIECING FOR SURE!
NOW ONTO THE CONCENTRATE OF THE POST: WRITERS BRICK WALL !
I FEEL GREAT, EVERYTHINGS PEACHY AS IT’S EVER POSSIBLY GOING TO BE FOR THE NEXT 8 HOUR WRITING MOMENT AND … THE PLOT THICKENS. LITERALLY, THE PLOTS CHARACTERS HAVE GONE DEEP INTO WRITERS LAND, ME BEING THE APPOINTED “DUNGEON MASTER” AS IT IS AND THERE IS NO EASY OR EVEN DIFFICULT CONCISE WAY TO CONNECT THIS 30k-40k BEGINNING PREMISE TO THE MIDDLE PLOT ARC OR FOR THAT MATTER THE END.
I HAVE THOUGHT OF ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING THE LAST 8 WEEKS TO CONTINUE AND A LONG CONFUSING DEPRESSING ZOMBIE-LIKE STATE IT’S BEEN.
I HOPED MY MUSE WOULD SPARK SOMETHING TRIVIAL ENOUGH DURING MY PASS OUT PERIOD TO JAR SOME CEMENT, NOTHING. I GOT BACK TO ENTERTAINING OTHER THINGS IN LIFE, NOTHING. I EXPOSED THE DILEMMA TO OTHERS, BLANK STARES! TRIED SETTING DEADLINES(PRESSURE SUCKS & ZAPS ALL CREATIVE UNCTION).
I FINALLY TEMPTED MYSELF TO WRITE PAST THIS END OF CHAPTER 16 AND GO ON BUT SIMPLY KNOW IN MY HEART THE STORY WILL NOT HOLD TRUE THAT WAY, PACING, CHARACTER MOTIVATIONS & SUCH, IT’LL TURN INTO A STEPHEN KING PASTE UP JOB BEFORE LONG. LIKE A PAINT BY NUMBERS LEAVING #16 COMPLETELY OUT OF THE 45 SO BLOCKS, BASICALLY A BIG PLOT HOLE AND IM NOT DOING IT OR FALLING FOR IT, NO WAY NO SIR!
MY 1ST BOOK OUT THE SHOOT IS GOING TO BE AS TIGHT AS MY MIND CAN POSSIBLE HITCHCOCK IT TO BE WITH NO HOLES OR SIDE-STEPS SIMPLY TO “GET IT DONE”! IT MAY BE TEMPTING WHEN I HAVE A DEADLINE AND THE $$MONEY$$ JOHN GRISHAM HAS ( I SINCERELY HOPE NOT THOUGH ) BUT YOU NEVER KNOW, PRESSURE & WEALTH CAN CHANGE PEOPLE, SOFTEN THEIR RESOLVE AND END IN TRITE HACKNEYED REVELATIONS OF ALL KINDS BEING SOLICITED THROUGHOUT THE GREATER WESTERN HEMISPHERE UNTIL HOLLYWOOD KNOCKS WITH ANOTHER CHECK FOR YOUR GOLDEN ENDORSEMENT TO THE BIG SCREEN. PLEASE GOD LET ME STAY TRUE TO MY CRAFT NOT BOWING TO THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR( I CONSEQUENTLY COULD USE THE $$$$ VERY BADLY:))
THE BOOK HAS TO GO ON. I ALREADY HAVE THE NEXT SEVERAL CHAPTERS VERBINATING WITHIN MY MIND THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, AND I GOTTA WRITE, IT’S IN MY BLOOD LIKE A GOOD BREATH OF ICY FRESH AIR WAITING TO EXHALE.
WELL THE MAIN CHARACTER I HAVE DECIDED RUNS THE SHOW, OR AT LEAST HAS UP TO NOW, VERY WELL I MIGHT ADD AND I DONT WANT TO STOP HIM NOW. SO BASICALLY HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT THESE NEW CHARACTERS ARE DOING HERE AS MUCH AS I DON’T. WE’LL CALL IT COMBINED AMNESIA BETWEEN AUTHOR & PROTAG & HOPEFULLY FUTURE SCENES WILL SPELL IT OUT FOR BOTH US TO SEE AT THE CORRECT TIME! IF NOT I WILL EVENTUALLY SCRAPE IT & GO BACK MAYBE DOODLE ANOTHER SHORT ON SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND THE SOLUTION WILL ARRIVE, BUT FOR NOW, I’M WRITIN!
RW