All I need is five minutes.  I should look for that handy kitchen timer to be sure not to miss one second.
“Honey, do you know where the timer is?”
Nope.
10 minutes of searching every drawer, cabinet, shelf and nook. Cursing the husband for his maddening stash and dash method of cleaning as I discover pens in the silverware drawer, anti-acids in the dining room buffet and my daughters play doh in with medical records and old interior design magazines, THAT I’VE NEVER SEEN!
Sigh.
I just want to write. Pouring over late night chats with friends, reaching for a snippet. Still chuckling over a comment about writing being as hard as getting into a nun’s panties. Struggling to connect to a writing prompt, trying to make it fit the format, and feeling like the square peg. As I face these uncertainties I question my motivations. Am I wanting to fill my blog with posts, drive traffic and stay true to this Mad Woman persona? Or do I fight to fit into a writer’s mold that feels a little tight and restrictive. Of course I could go the harder route and try to write for the prompts in my own voice. What a concept!
Another niggling doubt: will they get it?
But I’m striking out. Potty training, messy puking cats and an exhausting work week has left me tired. Too tired to write anything worth reading, in five minutes.
This sad excuse for a post/brain dump was written for Fadra’s Stream of Consciousness Sunday. Find more (hopefully better) ones here: All Things Fadra
some prompts are harder than others… i see some and immediately know exactly what to write. others are far harder to come up with something that’s actually worth writing and having someone else read.
instead of tying myself into knots over trying to make the hard ones work – and believe me, i’ve done my fair share of that – i’ve just decided to skip them. blogging is supposed to be fun…not work.
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I started my blog as a sort of self-therapy. And through the years (yes, I have been blogging since before blogging was actually cool) I’ve evolved a little. But mostly, I still blog to release some of the words in my head, to vent, and to share ideas.
Some days it’s easier than others to think of something to say.
Cats would be so much better without the puking. I agree with Jaime, if a prompt really isn’t working for you, go with the thing that wants to be written.
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That comment about writing being harder than getting into a nun’s panties is hilarious. Sometimes writing does feel like it is difficult to do and other times it is easy.
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Hey there, you.
You want to bounce stuff off me, you know where I am.
Sloppy smooches!
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Nuns wear panties? Why?
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What Jaime said. Unless someone is paying me, I write whatever I want to write. When you get too caught up with what you are support to write, it loses all the fun and the authenticity. In my opinion
I say write what you want, when you want it. That whole niche thing? doesn’t have to be for everyone. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
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fyi? I hate cats. and to hear about them puking makes me all the more hateful of them. hurl.
fyi(i)? i love you long time. and can’t wait for your next installment of random. that’s totally how i roll
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Write what you feel and feel what you write! If the prompt is making you think too hard, it will come across in what you write.
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This simply cracked me up. How’s puppy pad potty training going?
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aaargh.
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anyway, I love stream of consciousness posts.
NOT a sorry excuse for a post at all.