Friday, July 15, 2011

I HATE the Blank Page!!

It's official. I'm afraid of the blank page. Earlier this week I tore out an essay contest from my Real Simple magazine. It's been sitting on my nightstand, I look at it and convince myself I can't write to a prompt. What if I'm on the downward slope of my writing peak? It was a short climb, one month. It could happen! What if I suck? So, instead of attempting to write, I read other people's blogs. Instead of writing, I try to figure out how to post a comment on my friend's blogs. Still no success. I have great comments, sitting in my head. Instead of writing, I reread some of my other work - trying to tackle the yucky job of revising. No luck. Instead of writing, I eat chocolate chips. Yep! Chocolate chips right out of the bag. I bought them so my friend, Adrienne, could make cookies. There's enough chips left to make about three cookies. Instead of write, I clean the dirty track of the sliding glass door. No one will ever notice the detailed work I did on our door, but it got me out of writing. It's official. Today, I hate the blank page. Tomorrow? It may be love at first sight. Doubtful.
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  1. SCB (Sassy Classy Blogger)July 17, 2011 at 5:38 AM

    Remind me to show you the poem I wrote during CWP about procrastination. Most of the time, I would rather clean a toilet than write - not because I don't like writing, but because I don't want to START. You have NOT lost your writing mojo, girlfriend. It's just harder now because we're not immersed in it like we were in class. Breeeeeeeaaaaaaaathe. ;)

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  2. J.J.July 18, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    Today - I chose writing (a blog post :) over housework :) - so still procrastination but at least in a positive form? That Real Simple contest is staring me in the face too, Natalie. I too fear the blank page....

    Speaking of, what are the writing group expectations? Do we need to have copies of a work in progress, etc.? Are we going to break into mini-groups if all (local) DWPers show up? Maybe we'll just consume copious amounts of caffeine and brainstorm and strategize? At any rate, I'm looking forward to it,
    Jessica

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  3. LexJuly 19, 2011 at 9:41 PM

    You ARE writing. This is a great post. We've all been there. Keep going, I love your words.
    See you Thursday.

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