Another Late Night.
7/11/2011 12:34:21 AM
Well, it’s Monday morning, 00:34, and I should be tucked up in bed, but the coffee has kicked in and I am reasonably awake.
I’ve played Scrabble on Facebook, watched videos on You Tube of my friends singing at the Beach Live event this weekend, been upstairs to put some clothes away, blogging…anything than sorting out a troublesome paragraph in Truth Or Dare? – I am led to believe this behaviour is quite common amongst some writers – I don’t normally suffer with distraction, but I just cannot get my characters to where they need to be, quickly enough and am taking refuge in other activities.
Mind you, if the last troublesome paragraph is anything to go by, it will be three months before I sort this one.
I wouldn’t be surprised if inspiration hits at the most inopportune moment, when the only things to hand are toilet paper and toothpaste and believe me, it is not easy to take notes with either item. There have been occasions when I have had to use eye liner to make a note or write down a lyric, but with the advent of mobile phones, life has become so much more dignified … unless I have to dictate whilst I am in the cloakroom.
What you won’t have realized is that I have just spent twenty minutes, searching for inspiration. At one in the morning, with the house silent, it’s interesting to note how much echo there is in the cloakroom. I have now made a mental note to never dictate in there again. Great acoustics, so may sing instead!
Comments:
Laura:
7/11/2011 1:21:39 AM
Writing.
My friends singing – so cool 🙂