Writing Fever

I wrote 10 pages today! My sister tells me with a wink that such an accomplishment deserves a reward(Playing Sims 2)

I agree, just sitting there staring at a blank page is tough. I still can't do it. Instead, I get up and pace back and forth stealing glances at the screen. Today was an exceptionally good day, though. The thoughts were there, the characters were awake and ready for me to manipulate them, and I just went for it. Once I got it set into motion I was looking good. I'm approaching a possible stumping block, but it's like a fork in the road and the movement has stopped, waiting for me to choose a left or right turn. Just a pause. Not a block. For sure.

I finished the Ueland book and am now reading Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bare Bones. She talks about the importance of writing everyday, regardless of whether or not it's gibberish. Which instantly made me think of how beneficial these blogs are!
The one thing that I find interesting is that she says when you sit down to write, don't decide what it's gonna be until after your knee deep into the writing. She's had students declare: "I'm going to write a Great American Novel" and never get any further than that. It makes them too careful about what they'll allow themselves to put down on the page.

ANYway,
The writing goes well. I may just finish this novel within a year if I keep focused. (The previous novel took close to 3. 4 if you want to count the 'baby stages' of trying to decide on its plot, premise, etc.)-- Which reminds me I still have to finish revising the previous novel.

WRITE ON!("That's right, and I'm cute, too." --James Dean as Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Clue)