tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post2345732476035432487..comments2024-03-07T04:13:36.330-06:00Comments on The Storyteller's Inkpot: Having a bad day, MarshaQ?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-26574771599300794302013-05-23T08:49:19.943-05:002013-05-23T08:49:19.943-05:00I get that feeling when I'm trying to get the ...I get that feeling when I'm trying to get the damn words on the page, and just as soon as I hit that frustration it's like hitting the eject button and I spring out of my chair and run off to do something else! Or I stay in my chair and screw around on the internet, which is worse. <br /><br />You just want your story to spring out of your forehead like Athena, all glittery and god-like, but when you compare what's on the page to what's in your head, it's like that flattened squirrel that's been on the road for a couple of weeks. <br /><br />But I keep doing my best to talk myself around that feeling, or ignore it, or chide myself, or install a seat belt on my chair, or finally turn on Freedom to block the internet. Every day it's a new workaround, because hellfire, I'm not getting any younger.<br /><br />I have wine but I keep forgetting to drink it. Maybe that's my problem.<br /><br />Melinda R. Cordellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924404257237523106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-22796379588688068572013-05-22T18:10:04.507-05:002013-05-22T18:10:04.507-05:00I'm glad it's not just me who writes and t...I'm glad it's not just me who writes and then has the "this is crap" feeling. Mine usually happens the next day, which makes it harder to get back to the work and just write! I have to keep telling myself, "If you don't write this and finish it, you'll have nothing to make better." It mostly helps, but not always. A glass of wine does, though!Sherrylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04405534589743973581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-61188655112863010252013-05-21T18:41:51.616-05:002013-05-21T18:41:51.616-05:00Of course, we're all different, our processes,...Of course, we're all different, our processes, even more so, but I envy the folks who, even after a year, or two, or more, don't feel that the work is crap. I mean, at what point, do you say, "Hell, yeah, THAT'S it?" I know there's no answer. I'm fine with the gray area thing. But, at the risk of outing myself and sounding as if I should head to rehab rather than the writing desk, the only time I've ever felt that Hell-Yeah-That's-It moment is after a few--okay maybe three glasses of wine. I blame this on my childhood (not the vino use, per se, but the never satisfied syndrome). As a visual artist, I'm never (and have never been) satisfied because I know the work can always improve. Doesn't matter how many hours a day, days per week, months per year, or years I spend on the work. It can always improve. So I guess, that's the answer--there's still a finish line even when we have no clue where it is. Sometime, we've gotta stick a fork in it.<br /><br />Cool post, as always, MQ!<br />MFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16073511642105311548noreply@blogger.com