Yep, this is post number 400. Who knew I had so much to bitch about or pontificate over? Okay, I did. The world is an amazing place with the good, the bad and the definately ugly. There's lots to talk about, to see, to read, to react to.
Anyway. Procrastination. The bane of every writer. When you don't feel like writing and there's plenty of other things to do: housework, shopping, family stuff, reading, sleeping, watching the teev...
We can all think of things to do other than writing, re-writing, editing, researching, character and world building.
But should we feel guilty about it? Aren't we wasting time? Shouldn't we be more professional and just get on with it? To break through that malaise and simply write?
No.
It might be stating the bleedin' obvious, but writing is a creative process. Our minds are constantly thinking up scenarios, worlds, characters, dialogue, grammar (at a pinch), lengths, chapters, scenes; even while where doing other things.
We've all put off sitting down and writing, but it's all in a good cause. If the brewing story isn't ready to be written, it isn't ready. It needs to steep a little more in the jungle of our imaginations. It needs you not to focus on it while it develops.
Trust your instincts. The story glimpses you get while you're vacuuming, cooking, shopping, whatever, will grow, will solidify into something worth working on.
So don't feel guilty you're not at the computer all the time - the story is simply evolving, nurtured by a free-thinking while you're doing something else.
You're not procrastinating, you're feeding your imagination.
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