Getting Started

Having decided to get going, finish some stories and write books, it has now become impossible to begin! How bizarre it is! Obviously, my curse is a lack of ambition and commitment. Indeed, back in the olden days, research was easy except for the weeks spent in procrastination. Whenever something becomes important, it seems to also become unbearable...

Of course, in line with this theme, it was a day full of distracting podcasts and DVDs, including 'Jaws', 'The Avengers: Escape In Time', and now Tim Burton's 'Alice In Wonderland'. That last one is a greatly underrated film. I wonder why it was lambasted quite so much at the time? Ah, perhaps it's because it's so much of a blockbuster and degenerates into gibberish? Perhaps. Something about it defiantly works, though. Oh, such distractions. I should be writing 'Wordspace' and working through the huge backlog of unfinished short stories!

I used to do Twitter stories, but the unrelenting drudgery of life began to get to me. It's difficult to remain creative while suffering endless strings of interview failures and personal misfortunes. Of course, it wasn't really that bad, but the tendency to pessimism was rather compelling. Oh, that pessimism and distraction, such a curse to getting things done! Get back, pessimism.

What could this planned novel be about? Or the novella, at least? Is it wise to begin without some sensible idea, or would it be better to continue on the basis of the serialised stories already planned and queued for this Quirky Muffin blog challenge? How did Wilkie Collins do it? Well, hopefully an addiction to laudanum isn't an essential part of the writing process as that is simply not going to happen. No, Wilkie Collins did it by virtue of having no choice, for I assume he quite liked having a house in which to live, and food to eat. It's quite easy to do things when you have no choice...

The grand writing projects will, then, have to be 'Wordspace' and 'Oneiromancy', both of which were great fun to write. Even 'The Plain Chocolate Digestive Detective' (a.k.a. 'The Disappearance') had its moments, while 'Triangles' is ripe for expansion and continuation. This will require extensive time away from the computer and free of all distractions. Does anyone have a log cabin free for use, without payment? I promise to not invite in any bears or itinerant harpists.

O.