Here’s what happens to me when the words won’t come, ideas are gone, my muses are ignoring me, and my brain feels empty.
Drink my coffee Eat my breakfast Read the paper Work the Sudoku puzzle Sit down at my desk Start my computer Open at least 3 Word documents with works in process and one blank one Read the works in process and make a few edits Add a sentence or two to a couple of them Stare at the blank page Work an online Sudoku puzzle Check email Check Facebook Write items on my to-do list Delete the sentences I wrote earlier Beg my muses to speak to me Look at writing prompts Write a few sentences on the blank page Make more edits to the works in process Sigh Do a load of laundry Go to the gym Go to the grocery store Clean out the chicken coop Clean out the cat box Decide what to make for dinner Sit back down at my computer Write a few more sentences Delete a few sentences I wrote earlier Save all the open Word documents (I’m not stupid, just stuck) Re-read what I wrote today Re-read my edits on works in process Decide not to post anything on my blog – again I have lots of works in process Some may become things I want to share Most won’t At some point, I resort to typing up recipes from all the notes I have scribbled on scraps of paper At least I’m writing And I will be able to replicate dinners I made up on the fly Some of those recipes may be worth sharing Most won’t I know my muses will get over their snits And begin to talk to me again I try to stay open to them But sometimes it’s hard I wonder what I did to make them mad I can take revenge I left Pindi pouting and scheming in her chamber Maybe she should stay there awhile I left Sessel right after her wedding to Clarence They need some privacy I left my shape shifter sitting on a fence in the shape of a robin I still don’t know what she will do next Robins don’t speak English And they don’t always understand what humans do Neither do I
Becky
1/29/2019 07:16:53 pm
Well, I enjoyed reading this. You certainly got a lot of other stuff done instead of writing. Comments are closed.
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