Whenever I get stuck, I reach for one of the Big Three: Dove, Lindt, or, in a real crisis, Godiva chocolate. Before long, words are spilling out of my head onto the page. My muse loves chocolate. Pasta is good, too. And wine. My muse may be a lush, actually.
Today I’m polishing off the leftover Halloween candy because it’s Wednesday. I’m not blocked at all, but this is a preventative measure. Typically, my work week starts on Monday morning. I’m SO a creature of habit, and sometimes if I have an appointment or whatever on Monday, my week gets off track.
Both Monday and Tuesday this week were filled with necessary chores and errands. Well, okay, and brunch with friends. Anyway, to make sure my muse didn’t balk today, I started eating chocolate right after breakfast. Just to be safe I had pasta for lunch, and I’m thinking a glass of wine might not be a bad idea.
Of course, if I do that, I may not make it to 5:40 Jazzercise…
I have to keep my priorities straight. The Muse comes first.
It is sooo easy to be sidetracked in the writing life. My day consisted of a 8 a.m. eye exam for minor child, 1 p.m. dental appt for me (including full set of x-rays–ouch!), and a flat tire during afternoon carpool with 6 kids in tow. And what a coincidence, I was at a brunch yesterday, but it was a good chance to talk through some possible blocks in WIP & gleaned a great suggestion–thank you, Susan!!–of a published example of possible solution for said difficulties. So I immediately obtained the suggested book & had it with me during all the events today–got the most time in while waiting for hubby to repair tire (thankfully, other mom retrieved both sets of kids!). And even though the day didn’t allow for any chocolate (a staple for me, too, but not a good idea immediately prior to dentist visit), I managed a once over and some brainstorming on WIP. My point is, even when life gets in the way of bum-in-chair time, the muse can still muse and, hopefully, have a good head start tomorrow.
Yikes! A flat tire today? In all that rain?? With KIDS in the car??? I really think you need the chocolate AND the wine tonight. Here’s to a good start to tomorrow for both of us!
Isn’t it great to be a woman, i.e. multi-tasker. I’m doing NaNoWriMo this month, and find this pattern working for me: write, write, write. Oh man, why didn’t I think of chocolate?
Great blog, Susan!
Thanks, Sharon! Good luck with NaNoWriMo. I should have done that.Probably would have taken a lot of chocolate.
Plain ol’ M&Ms are my staple. In particular the 5 lb bag. Of course, it’s really hard to figure out what a serving of those is. I’m sure I’ve gone over it a smidge, once or twice…
Pfft.
ROTFLMAO,
I think your muse and my muse may just be long lost twins.
My Muse is a lush too.
ROTFLMAO
I think your muse and my muse just might be long lost twins.
Mine is a lush as well.