Writing isn’t always easy. I admit, I’ve had a major road block that I’ve been dealing with the last few years, and the last several months have been the hardest yet. Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to keep real life from interfering with the writing. My real life got in the way in a major way, but we’re well on our way to correcting that, or at least toning it down some.
So, how does a normal writing day for me go? Well, I guess that would depend on one’s definition of normal. I don’t think I’ve had a normal writing day in more than a year now, but it does seem as though I recall what one was like. :p
I usually dream my stories that I’m working on. It’s how I work out some little detail that might be giving me trouble during the day. It’s a way to flesh out scenes and really make them pop. When I wake up, the first thing I do is check email, because well, I’m obsessed with checking it. It’s like a really bad addiction that I can’t seem to break. Oh well, at least it’s not hurting anything. Then I spend about an hour trying to wake up, if it doesn’t work, I lay down for a nap (sad, ain’t it) and think on the story I should be writing on.
When I get back up, I hook up my stereo speakers and get my play list going, sometimes rather loudly. It helps to block out distractions and sometimes to help set the mood, depending on the scene I’m working on.
I open my book file and scroll to wherever I need to be in it, and reread a bit to get back to the spot where I stopped. Then, hopefully the words will begin flowing again. I do take breaks for checking email or blogs or whatever else gets my attention, then I go back into writing. Sometimes I have to stop to look something up…which sometimes leads into a major distraction, especially when I cannot find what I’m looking for like the other day. I was 2 paragraphs into the chapter, needed some info, and didn’t get another word written, because I just couldn’t find the answer. Don’t you hate when that happens?
Normal scenes generally flow rather quickly for me. Sex scenes tend to take 2-3 times longer to write, though don’t ask me why. Maybe I think too hard on it. *shrugs*
And that’s a typical day for me when it comes to writing. Of course, there are those days when I write, write, write, and write–get lots done with little distractions. I love those days, but haven’t had one in a year and a half now. I keep hoping that one day, those times will return. Until then, at least I’m writing, even if I am slower than I was before.
