Comments | scarlettina: Writing, avoidance behavior, and what's really going on there

scarlettina

Writing, avoidance behavior, and what's really going on there

Jun 30, 2013 11:06

In the wake of the weekend's festivities (the Locus Awards, to be specific--which included the company of many most excellent folks), I decided that because I was pretty peopled out, rather than going to meet the usual suspects for writing this morning, I'd stay home and write by myself, well, in the company of the usual pussycats. But here's what' ( Read more... )

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suricattus June 30 2013, 18:12:30 UTC

Sounds like you need the war-room, some days. We excel in making sure everyone's out of their own way and ON their way...

(IOW, you're not alone, and help helps. :-) )

scarlettina July 2 2013, 04:32:44 UTC

Yeah, I have a couple of local gangs that I get together with to write: one almost every Sunday morning, one on the first and third Tuesdays of every month, and I've just been invited to a Thursday night group. I go as I can. The car thing makes it more challenging, though, I admit.

ex_triciasu June 30 2013, 18:33:46 UTC

You are so not alone. I still do this after 20 years. I agree that the only way to get out of your way is to get out of your way. It's a Yogi Berra universe.

*hugs* I believe in you.

scarlettina July 2 2013, 04:31:34 UTC

Thank you, Trish. :-)

joycemocha June 30 2013, 19:46:15 UTC

Yep. I had a day like that Friday, and then yesterday...so today I just plain decided this was a house and family day (which, truthfully OMG needed to happen). For me, to get around it takes viciously telling myself that I was not to judge, could not judge, during the actual writing. I did edits at a different time, on paper sometimes if I felt particularly despairing about the whole thing, until I just had to take it to the computer.

The other piece is that I had to schedule time rigorously and use a massive to-do when list because yeah, stuff has to get done. I'm seeing I'm going to need to do this for the summer...

...but man, I absolutely hate the first few days of that sort of rigor. Gotta do it...but oh man. Discipline.

IOW, hugs. You are not the only one. We're all in this together.

skidspoppe June 30 2013, 20:05:02 UTC

*I* want to read it!

scarlettina July 2 2013, 04:30:22 UTC

And this, Jaq, is why we love you. :-)

davidlevine June 30 2013, 21:24:58 UTC

Tentacles! Teeth! Screaming!

scarlettina July 2 2013, 04:34:17 UTC

::diabolical laughter:: There may be some of all of that. Or some of some of that. In the end, though, this is about my heroine and her demons. In some respects, her literal demons. I'm figuring it out.