If its possible to have writers block and at the same time write 2 new short stories then I am a walking conundrum
I am sitting here staring at the computer screen and wondering where to go and how, why and when.
Have completed 2 new short stories; the ones I was talking about in the last post.
Trivial pursuit and Globule.
Both deal with paranoia and obsessive compulsive disorders. I took a leaf out of Haruki Murakami's book in regards to JUST LETTING THE STORY TAKE YOU WHERE IT WILL. It was a lot of fun!! Both in the first person and so in a round about way are auto biographical.
It was sometimes painful writing them as they could so easily apply to me and its easy to see how a vivid imagination can sometimes tip over the edge into madness. I could have kept writing both of them till the cows came home but pulled up to get some semblance of order and rhythm. I was also spinning myself out!!
Even though I say I have writers block I feel I can easily slip into a rhythm and somehow seem to have found a key of sorts to letting [it] flow.
I suppose subject matter is the problem I face and some sort of timetable for what I am doing.......hence the why and when of the first statement.
A few copies of the manuscript of Flora and Fauna are circulating amongst friends in the business and I am dying to get feedback so as I can take the next step forward. Will they scotch the whole thing as amateurish twaddle? Will I have to rework whole stories or drop some totally.
If anyone is out there reading this you can go to the words page and read 3 for yourself, then you can tell me if they are crap or not.
Am reading something different at the moment and no its not the Regal Appointment notices in the Herald. Its a book that got a bad review in the Herald a few weeks back but also got a vague bak handed compliment. "A taxonomy of Barnacles" by Galt Neiderhoffer, a New York girl who has made [produced] almost 10 films but has made her first foray into the world of novels. I can see why it was criticised for mistakes in grammar/syntax but it is proving a good page turner and I suppose that is all that really matters in the end.