It has almost been a month since I have posted. This year is
slipping by so fast.
I have been battling against a bit of a block lately. It
stemmed from a uni assignment that just didn’t seem to be working in my head
and then I couldn’t sit down and do anything.
In the end I forced myself into the chair to work on the
story. Even if it was rubbish to start with I had to get some sort of story
out. I was also getting dangerously close to the deadline.
It turned out to be the best thing I could have done. Things
changed a little once I reworked it but once I got that first draft down the world
seemed a lot easier to deal with.
Now it is all done and submitted I have allowed myself the
chance to have a think about some of the other projects I’m either working on
or working up to. I still have a lot to work with my fantasy novel edit, but I
want the chance to do some other things as well. I am looking at spending a
little time each week outlining and plotting the trilogy I started thinking
about a couple of years ago.
I always come back to my current work being more important
and so the trilogy has gone untouched. Images and ideas for it swim into focus
occasionally and I write them down but I would like to get the full structure
organised. Then once I have finished my current edit I can get straight into
it.
In the last couple of weeks I feel like I have gone from
zero output and flat to clear focus and regular writing again.
The next time I get stuck I will have to remember to just
sit and write. It can be hard but, for me, it seems to be the only way. If only
I could remember that earlier in the blocked processes.
Happy Scribbling
