Unlucky Me
I’ve been blocked for over a week now. I just can’t get anything out. I know it’s my attitude that’s dragging me down, but I can’t help it. I’ve tried brainstorming, I’ve searched the net for pics of my characters to get the joices flowing…but nothing.
It all started when I saw the previews for Lucky You.
Hubby called me from down the hall and said “Hey, this is the movie I was telling you about that sounds like your book!” I don’t watch TV much, so I hadn’t seen it myself. I sit down and watch the trailer with him. As my MS comes to life before me, I realize that I got this brilliant idea a year or so too late. Since then, I haven’t been able to write. Not a single word. On that MS or any of my others.
I need to snap out of this funk, but I’m just not sure how. All of my usual block busters have failed, and I don’t know what else to try. Maybe writing here will help? So far it’s not. I’m just looking pathetic as I struggle to write *something*. Anything.
I could turn this into a pity party – and I think I have. Why else would I still be blocked? I need to bounce back and get my head back into the game. (Isn’t that a song from the HS Musical?) Anywho…
Brainstorming has ALWAYS worked before. Either working with a current MS or brainstorming a whole new idea. I’ve tried both and fell flat on my face. I can’t get the characters to talk to me. They’re all shrugging and saying “What’s the point?”. I know really it’s me doing that, but I’m not sure how to get out of it. I know I need to. I can’t get stuck just because ONE of my stories bears a striking similarity to a movie coming out, it makes no sense. There are no original stories. It’s the twists we add to them that make them original.
Trouble is, no matter how much I know this, I still can’t snap out of it.
Maybe I need to just force myself to sit down and write.
Even if what I write is destined for the trash (not even good enough for a throw away chapter) at least I’ll be writing. Who knows, maybe it’ll end up being a story worth looking into, or maybe there will be a character worth salvaging.
As long as I write.
