It occurs to me that I should probably working on my novel at this moment rather than writing this blog. However, I am utterly incapable of a single creative thought right now. In my Nano Pep Talk, I rather glibly discussed the various stages of NaNo creation. Sure, I was speaking from my own personal experience, but I didn't do NaNo last year. I had forgotten how deeply these various stages can effect someone.
Today I have found every reason under the sun not to write. I've felt a deep, abiding rage at just about everything. My novel is open, the cursor is blinking and I have... nothing. Here are just a few of the thoughts that have come to me throughout the day as I attempted to get my word count down.
- The cursor is blinking too quickly. What were the programmers thinking, making it blink that quickly. Bastards, I think they did it on purpose.
-Why does the toilet keep running? Oh my god, if it makes that sound one more time, I'm going to go SheHulk on it's ass and smash it into tiny pieces of porcelain.
-I wonder if the neighbors would even notice if I killed that yappy fucking dog of theirs?
-I think that inconsiderate bastardry must run in the veins of said neighbors. Now the music. Oh my god, they should know that they never win this game with me by now.
-Get away from my ice water, Kitty!
-Oh my god, the toilet!
- Blinking cursor. Rage.
-Rage.Rage.Rage.
I have, of course, edited some of this for content and covering-my-own-ass's sake. I don't want to be arrested for making threats. That being said, I have managed exactly 166 words today. In other words, nothing. I love my story. It's progressing well. Some parts aren't even half bad for first draft, NaNo material.
I just can't write. I need an external force to coerce me into it, as word wars are no longer effective. Perhaps I'll have to find a write-in tomorrow. At the very least, I need to get out of my house.
In the meantime, I should get back to my novel.
Perhaps I'll have a drink. That bottle of vodka on the kitchen counter is looking better by the second.
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Hahahaha!
ReplyDeleteOh, darling. *pet*
I know what exactly you mean.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like my sister knows when I'm writing and has decided to play her various instruments as loudly as possible whenever I am. I finally got fed up with it a few days ago when she was playing her electric guitar that was just slightly off tune in which only an audiophile like me would notice. It was driving me insane and there was no way I could write while listening to her. Finally, I got up from my computer and I took the guitar away from her without a word, tuned it, and handed it back. I was able to write in peace after that though. :P