a lot of nothing

November 20, 2008 at 12:32 am (the writing life)

Some nights the brain will not make anything.

7 Comments

  1. Shelly Lowenkopf said,

    November 20, 2008 at 1:13 am

    On such nights it is entirely up to them, the characters, free to do their own mischief.

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  2. fairyhedgehog said,

    November 20, 2008 at 5:11 am

    I have a lot of nights like that.

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  3. JES said,

    November 20, 2008 at 9:59 am

    Ha — you just THINK it’s idling. As Shelly implies, if I were you I wouldn’t turn my back on any of those characters if I were you.

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  4. Sarah said,

    November 20, 2008 at 10:56 am

    Some weeks, or months! the brain won’t make anything. This too shall pass.

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  5. Kate Lord Brown said,

    November 20, 2008 at 1:22 pm

    Nights like this make popcorn, listen to music, take a bath, get some sleep … amazing what comes bubbling to the surface once you take your attention elsewhere … just keep your story loosely in the corner of your eye.

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  6. thejinx said,

    November 20, 2008 at 5:42 pm

    I know the feeling.

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  7. rowena said,

    November 21, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    Yup. I know what you mean. But like the others are implying, there’s work going on behind the scenes.

    We just have to keep showing up at the page until they are ready to show us what they have wrought.

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