On my writing course, we were told to write a page a day, of "free writing", anything that happens to pop into your mind. Apparently it gets the creative juices flowing and teaches you to write easily. So as I don't do it regularly and am actually bored right now, I thought I would give it a go.
This morning I read through all my old assignments from the AAW Creative Writing Course, and some of the stuff is actually quite good - some not so great though, mind you. It shows how much we've learnt from the course and a year of mentoring with Richard and Jo-Anne. It's been a great year and I've enjoyed it hugely. But now, my mentoring is taking so long and I'm ahead and now just have to submit, I'm looking for other projects to work on.
Problem is, I can't come up with an idea. It SUX. I love writing and would happily do it every day if I could, but it seems I can't. Maybe this is writers block. I have a story that I've been trying to work on but I can't get it off the ground. Nothing about it is flowing and it's pissing me off. I can't get the dialogue going, not sure what to write next, nothing. My characters are in a vacuum as I can't come up with things for them to do either. So I think it might be time to put it to bed until I can write it. Not sure when that'll be.
This now means that I have nothing to keep me busy at the moment. I'm desperately looking for a project and am just not coming up with anything. I need ideas and don't know where to look for them. My brain has gone blank - how did I used to come up with reams and reams of stuff and now can't even put a story line together? Time to maybe brainstorm with J&R.
Other than being frustrated with my writing, I haven't been doing much. Work is quiet and I'm enjoying pottering with things. I do what I need to and what comes up, but it's so quiet that this week especially I've had lots of free time and it's been great. Next week will be much busier so not looking forward to that.
The plot is fine - we're happy out here and enjoying the peace and quiet. So much so actually that I never want to go to town any more and do my best to avoid it like the plague. When I do have to go I try get as much done as possible so that I don't have to go again for another week.
The dogs are driving me mad. Cady and Coda are running away regularly and not coming back til six or seven the following morning. This means they're roaming for a full twelve hours at a time. I've actually gotten to the point where if they do get shot by some irate plotter for chasing his goats or buck, then it can't be helped and will make my life so much easier. I love them to bits but they refuse to listen and do what they like whilst Bear and Kita toe the line and have beautiful manners. It so isn't fair on them.
Bear and Kita are fine though and have such beautiful manners. They're truly so special and I wish Cady and Coda could learn some manners from them. That'll teach me for taking on rescues and trying to save the world. It doesn't work. You can't unlearn bad habits and manners, no matter how hard you try.
Work is fine as well. The business is busy and Pio working himself to death, whilst I twiddle my thumbs which isn't great for him at the moment, poor guy. But we're making money and it's going well. Touch wood it carries on :) we are really so blessed with our life at the moment and quite happy. It's all going well.
I cut half my hair off, and might cut the rest of it off next month. I quite like the idea of a bob and white blonde all over, so that might happen. Pio will probably kill me as he doesn't like short hair, but I can always grow it again. I'll cut it short now and then grow it out again. Will have to take lots of vitamins and whatnot to get it to grow though. Amanda has suggested biotin so will look into that and see if it works. She's very clued up on all these products, bless her.
Other than that, life is quiet. We're going to stay home tonight and do a poitjie which is going to be so nice - I have red wine and cream so it's going to be awesome. I'm already hungry so will have to have something for lunch soon.
Better go and make the staff lunch now too, and maybe see if I can come up with something to get me to write before I die of boredom. I've even cleaned out my one cupboard this morning, for lack of better things to do.
