It just doesn't happen as easily as what I would like.
I have found though that if I'm doing two things I enjoy at once like listening to music while crocheting or watching college lectures while knitting, its much easier for me to get through my days...but writer's block tends to happen more frequently than I'd like.
I have one story at over 30k words total and the sequel is starting to form itself into a semblance of outline. I have one trilogy of stories that are starting to online themselves in my head, I haven't been able to write those down yet. I have a one outline began to what promises to be a massive novel. (Think Deathly Hollows massive.) The past few weeks though... I go to pick up the pen and my mind blanks. I set it down and the worlds that have become a reality of sort in my brain come dancing right back.
Okay, so I won't force myself to work on those. I'm not a deadline, I don't have a contract to fulfill (though ya never know) and I don't need to stress myself out over it.
So my friend G, gets me interested enough in something called Pinterest... oh boy... I should have plugged my ears. Don't get me wrong, that site is a wonderful resource but geez is it a rabbit hole. So many wonderful ideas and pieces of inspiration...
Which reminded me of a prior attempt to combine my passions. Ever since I started practicing Witchcraft, not just studying (there was a good three years there before I felt I knew enough to even to a daily affirmation properly. ...it's a long story.) I wanted to combine my Craft with my craft. I wanted to figure out and design crocheted and knit things that were beautiful. That were elegant. That a fellow Witch would go "OH! That is the perfect altar cloth for (Lammas, Mabon etc)".
Take a wild guess as how well that's going....
I would, as they say "Head desk" however I don't have a desk.
Is it because I just don't have enough motivation?
Nah. You should see some of my sketchbooks.
I have the ideas, I have the skills to put the ideas together... I just don't know how to present them to other Witches and pagans and Asatrau and Wiccans as something they'd enjoy. So I let the ideas keep simmering. I have made rune bags and tarot card bags. Those turn out just lovely every time too!
So... back I bounce to my writing. Many times (when the muses aren't in what would appear to be a damn cat fight) I can sit and have the story out in front of me and be letting my mind wander over the scene that's open while I'm crocheting away. Here in the past month or so... that's not been happening. I start messing up big time with my stitches or nothing comes to mind, and I end putting the writing away.
I've even been struggling to maintain a pace with my yarn working, I can get about two hours in right now... when normally it's 6-9 hours. I know it'll spring back to normal, it's just when and what it's going to take to blow out this block I'm having. FEH I say my good person!
Oh and then's there's awesomeness like this...
"WHOA... what?"
She broke her arm. Not being able to be crafty, was driving her nuts so... she'd figured out a way around it. Hell if she can do that, I can certainly find ways to improve my passions.
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