Hitting the Wall

Sometimes phrases pop into my head and I think, that would be a great start to a blog or book. So I repeat the phrase to ensure I remember it...inevitably forgetting all about it 15 minutes later.

The point is I'm not so good at making myself sit down and actually write. I love to write. And sometimes when I do sit down, it just flows. But there are other days, generally the days when I have time to write, that I have forgotten those little phrases that would make a great post.

So about six months ago, I declared I was going to write a book. I've even got a title. I'm not sure how much to share on this wide open internet, as I really want to get this book going, so I'll just say its about how sometimes in relationships girls act irrationally. Basically. I intend for it to be a fun, light read.

The last few days a lot of thoughts have been swirling in my head and I haven't really had the opportunity to discuss them outloud, so after I got out of the shower this morning, I told myself to sit down and write. A great quote popped into my mind and got me started.

I told myself, write for one hour. I got about 35 minutes in and hit the wall...so I got up and got a piece of candy. Wrote another sentence. Got up and let the dog out. Rewrote the last sentence. Starred out the window at the dog. Starred at the last sentence I wrote. Let the dog in. Decided I needed some inspiration, so I googled some stuff. Jotted a couple notes down (yes on a real piece of paper). Now that candy made me thirsty, so up for a glass of water. I sat down all ready to continue writing, but just starred. Gosh darn it, I've got all day with nothing to do and its the perfect time to work on my book and I can't make it past a half page.

So I turned to blogging about it.

I remember a teacher of mine saying just like anything else you want to do better, you have to practice. So maybe I'm just out of practice. I need to do some writing exercise and I need to do them daily (wow, and apparently I need to practice my spelling too because it just took me five minutes to figure out how to spell exercise).