“Between the dark and the daylight…”

Paula — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:05:42 +0000

Very early this morning–between 1 and 6 AM–I managed to get more writing done than I have in many days. For some reason, I woke up at 1 wide awake, so I started thinking about my current WIP, a middle grade fantasy novel. I’ll bet I made six trips into the next room to write down the ideas that kept pouring through. In fact, I discovered most of the major plot points for the book, including who is the real antagonist, clarifying a couple of names, and the all-important conclusion. What a gift! I’m tired today, but who cares? Now I can get some serious writing done. And…as if that wasn’t enough, in the middle of all this information flow, a completely different thought came to me. The words, “Chet’s wrist” popped into my head, and I suddenly realized that the reason my golfer husband’s wrist has been bothering him is because of a change he made in his left hand grip. Talk about tapping into the subconscious, or universal consciousness, or whatever. Something happened during those wee hours, and all I can say is, “Thank you!”

Writing Woes

admin — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:28:44 +0000

Have you ever had a story that you couldn’t write but couldn’t stay away from either? I sure do. It’s called AMAZING GRACE, a paranormal romance novel that I’ve been trying to write for about six years. By now, I’ve had so many versions, so many changes, so many false starts, so many stops and re-starts, I’m not sure where I am, or where GRACE is either. I love the first chapter. It’s a near-death experience, and even now, six years later, I think it’s some of my best writing. But after that…yikes! I’ll bet I’ve written at least five different chapter 2’s, 3’s and 4’s. Once, I got as far as Chapter 6 and decided it didn’t work at all. About two months ago, I put it away, yet again. Then, last night, either while I was sleeping/dreaming or about to go to sleep or about to wake up, I had (another) epiphany. I knew exactly how to fix chapter 2. Exciting, right? Aaaa-aagh!!! Do I want to do this to myself again? No! But I can’t help it. GRACE haunts me, and I know I won’t rest until I’ve told her story. So, I just dragged out my stack of notebooks again, opened my GRACE folder again, and I’ll probably start writing…again.

Paula Blais Gorgas » Writing

“Between the dark and the daylight…”

Writing Woes