Day 6: Those Uneventful Days
06 Nov 2008
Well it had to happen, I’m on day 6 of the NaBloPoMo and I’ve hit the first of probably many walls. I have absolutely no idea what to write about; nothing of any interest happened to me today: just a boring ole go to work, get kids from school, come home and now stare at this screen trying to come up with a daily post.
This, unfortunately is a common occurance with me, it’s why I’ev been hesitant to take up this challenge in the past. Many a time I’ve felt the urge to write (I’ve been known to write the odd fictional piece) and even had the free time to do it in (kids not home) yet I’ve struggled to put finger to keyboard and actually come up with anything at all.
When I write, I’m one of those that doesn’t work to any sort plan, if I can get an opening sentence I just type whatever comes to mind and often find myself veering into territory I never thought I’d go and am always suprised at how the story ends (sometimes it’s at the opposite end of the scale from where it started). During these times I’m pretty much letting my fingers tell the story for me, as a word pops into my mind it gets put on the screen in front of me - I have no idea what the next word is going to be until it’s there. While the bonus of writing like this is that I never know how a story is going to end, the downside is that I’m actually not working off a plan or outline so if I get stuck I can’t try to figure out other details etc to at least get my writing something.
I have tried to use writing prompts or story starters etc, but they often don’t work for me. My starting sentence must have to resonate with me in a certain way (and I don’t know what way that is so I can make a point of searching out that type of thing) it just pops when the time is write an away I go.
So what all this means is that things like this NaBloPoMo can be a real pain when you have to come up with someting to post about everyday cause, like today, I have nothing.
