Wednesday, August 23, 2006

8/23/06

12:23 a.m.

I can't sleep.

I can't write.

I have a deadline looming and am stuck, stuck, stuck.

Why is it that when my life was hard and I was alone it was easier for me to write? Or do I just need to let things settle down before I can focus again?

I'm very frustrated.

I guess the best thing to do is just (as a good friend of mine recently told me) WRITE. Although his suggestion was to drink a bottle of wine first...

8 comments:

Cap'n Bob said...

Become celibate. Then you'll need another channel for your energy.

Anonymous said...

Polly's writers block
she works like three normal folks
might be exhausted

Anonymous said...

He's right on the money when he says to just write. Give yourself permission to write crap and then write. You can always revise it later. Good luck!

annie said...

i haven't had to write anything for a deadline (other than work crap) since college... but i know that when it comes to my creative writing, it comes in fits and spurts. some days, i can sit down and literally type all day. other days i can't type anything of use. that's when i blog :-)

Anonymous said...

When you write you must find that place wchich drives you to write. Dont look for the right words to appear --go back and find that emotional or cerebral place you have that always led you to write in the past. You are not a mechanical writer, you write your thoughts, views and expressions, so reconnect to them. Writing is simply an act that follows when you get in touch with these emotions. Your life situation may have changed for the better but who you are didn't. Write from who you are.

Anonymous said...

Wow! What great advice "Anonymous"

riswpr - 'Whisper' as said by Scooby Doo.

Anonymous said...

I've never been to me. *sniff*

Anonymous said...

Yes, that's a great song, IMO.

I've been to Nicie and the isle of Greece

Hang in there Polly!
*smooch*