The
funny thing is when I was done validating my novel this morning I was nowhere
near my personal daily writing goal. I had several moments of complete blank.
What was I going to write now? It’s not that I don’t have ideas for books. I do
but I’m not ready to write them yet. I feel that it needs to be the right time to
write some books. And the stories I have made notes for I am not ready to tell.
So I was left sitting in front of my computer having a minor freak out. I didn’t
want to sit her looking at a blank page and melting down, though. What did I do
then? I organized my desk a little bit. I went on Twitter. I checked my e-mail.
I read some of the book I am currently enjoying. Then I spent a little time
with my husband and we went to get our kids from school. Then we went as a
family to see his mom and had dinner. I even did laundry when we got home this
evening. I know, it all sounds so normal. Right? The thing is – this is exactly
what I needed to do. I needed to take a break and walk away from the computer
and focus on my family and get a few mundane chores done. And guess what? I
have a new story idea that I am ready to tell now. In fact, I have already
written the beginning of it. Now I will settle my very tired and slightly cranky
children. Then I’ll come back and write in the fresh and shiny story a little
more tonight.
How
about you? Are you participating in National Novel Writing Month? How is it
going for you? What do you do when face with a blank page and the horror of not
knowing what to fill that page with?
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