Me in the Shower: Perfect Story Idea, Perfect Dialogue, Perfect Scene.

Me in the Car: Perfect Conflict, Perfect Back Story, Perfect Climax For Novel.

Me at the Computer: WURDZ R GOUD.

 

The mind of a writer is a fickle one. As I stood in the shower I began to come up with a scene, not for either of my novels (completed or current work) but a scene directly tied to both. Magic in my story, at its root, is forbidden and dark with a selfless and light side. This plays into many of the themes throughout my story which can be easily described as a cross between Harry Potter and Star Wars.

As the scene began to play out, characters took shape, dialogue whispered over the drumming of the shower and I decided to finish up in a hurry. The unlucky thing about being a writer is the distance from the bathroom to the laptop is an impossible distance to cross, well at least with anything of quality. By the time you arrive, the concept is a fleeting memory.

That being said, I’ve been growing more interested in George R.R. Martin’s World of Ice and Fire in regards to the fictional history of Westeros. It’s an incredible amount of detail into a story that may only take place within a few decades of time, but the whole world is much richer for it. I could only hope to achieve that level depth (but I am working on it).

As for actually doing some writing tonight… well, as you can probably tell, it’ll be note form only for now until I can flesh that scene back out and get my mojo back. If you hadn’t gathered that, let me give you a bit more insight into my mindset this evening. This post is clocking in at just over three hundred words… and took me an hour and a half to write.

Focus? What is that?

Distractions? I don’t- Hey the TV is on!

Looks like getting back into the habit will be a bit harder than expected, but I’ll get there. Eventually…

I just may not include this in my word count averages per hour…

Wish me luck!