In true “Jot It” style, I’m jotting this down on Monday to be posted on Tuesday. With any luck I won’t be feeling it by the time this goes live, but after a little over two months of not pounding away at any major work of fiction, I’m getting squiggly to get writing.
What does getting squiggly mean, you ask? It means that the pads of my fingers are starting to tingle for the keyboard, I have the shadows of psychologically unsound characters swimming around in my head, and I have voices gurgling in unknown languages, reverberating in my ear drums.
It’s pretty crazy in here.
Before you run away and never revisit this crazy lady’s blog, tell me what kind of symptoms you experience when you want to write something but lack the opportunity. Come on! Join the crazy!
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January 9, 2014 at 1:58 pm
I get very irritable!!
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January 9, 2014 at 3:30 pm
Me too!
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January 8, 2014 at 6:03 am
Hi Linda. I have notes everywhere, on dockets, in the street directory in the car, iPhone, serviettes, scraps of paper, my hand.
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January 8, 2014 at 9:03 am
I probably would too if could ever find a pen! Haha! I don’t know what I’d do without the notepad on my phone.
I find the hardest part sometimes is getting the time to sit down and actually do something will all those notes. 😛
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January 7, 2014 at 4:49 pm
My mind has a mind of its own. It will just work away subconsciously whether I want it to or not.
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January 7, 2014 at 9:28 pm
Well yeah, I’m almost always writing a story in my head. It’s getting it on paper/screen that’s the hard part. 😉
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January 7, 2014 at 2:13 pm
In my case, it has to be something that upset me, I can’t write when I am happy…
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January 7, 2014 at 2:16 pm
Remind me never to cheer you up then – I like your writing!
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I know what you mean though. My best writing has come about when I’m dissatisfied about something. Interesting observation! 🙂
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January 7, 2014 at 2:21 pm
Atleast we now have internet to pour out all our negative energy, my husband should thank wordpress 😉
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January 7, 2014 at 2:22 pm
Hahaha!
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January 7, 2014 at 11:22 am
I’ve actually had nights where I couldn’t sleep because I was “writing” a post in my head that just “had to be written.” I’ve occasionally had posts that were so burning in my mind that I had to publish them “right now” rather than wait for my usual weekly schedule. And, of course, there are all those half-thought up ideas that get jotted into a notebook so that maybe some day I can write a post around them. I think all writers get that itch that demands to be scratched.
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January 7, 2014 at 12:29 pm
Yes, I’ve had those moments where I just had to say to hell with everything and sat down to write. It’s frustrating at times!
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January 7, 2014 at 10:59 am
I love the “Jot It” style. I feel like it really lets your personality as a writer shine. I have a literary blog myself, so I’m always interested in the writing process of others. Keep writing!
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January 7, 2014 at 12:28 pm
Thanks very much! It is interesting how many different ways there are of going about the whole process, isn’t it? 🙂
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January 7, 2014 at 12:35 pm
It really is. To me, it’s the most interesting part of writing.
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