Writers are always offering advice about getting the creativity out of the imagination and onto something tangible. This past week I had worse luck trying to win a round of Mahjong Titans (the same round I have lost consistantly 30 times in a row) than with trying to write a paragraph. It’s depressing to get absolutely nowhere on two projects at once. So I’m having a classic brain fart.
I have the scene I want to write in my brain, but getting it onto the page was just not happening this week. It probably didn’t help that the air conditioner breathed its last, I had to work remotely out of another office for a day (and none of the programs I normally use would migrate to the other computer), I had to return a printer with instructions a rocket scientist couldn’t interpret, and my change in medication (which I ranted about last week) has caused me to gain another pound.
Maybe my protagonist should gain weight and wind up in a room with no air conditioning. That might spur some action. No, that would ruin the flow. Instead, I think I’ll try a technique I read about from yet another writer, in which I’ll focus on just writing down something or anything I can actually get out onto a page, even if it isn’t part of my novel. I guess I’m doing that right now. I’ll be sure to let you know if it helps me get the next chapter written.
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