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"The Big 'Choke' In Writing"

7/20/2012

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The 'Thrill' in writing makes the soul soar, that moment you write the perfect set of words to describe a character, a scene, a dlimax. Each of us knows that experience, has felt that incredible euphoria that comes and lives with us for a time. Sometimes, that 'Thrill' sustains itself and carries us on into the next writing session, and the next... It is moving us along so well that we might not quite know just when to stop, when to put the final period on the final paragraph. We're on a roll and we will stay with it, and, if we've gone a bit too far, rambled a bit too long, we can always fix it in the edit and rewrite. It would be nice if the 'Thrill' would come with every writing session, but we know old 'Mr. Murphy' lives in our world, that he's got to come along now and then and put the 'pox' on us.

Yeah, the 'Choke,' that's what I'm talking about, the dreaded writing 'Choke.' We sit at the laptop, pretty much knowing where it is we want to go, but the brain won't kick in and allow us the unimpeded flow of word wizardry, those 'Thrill' phrases that we know should contribule to making us great authors. We sit and we become frantically frustrated, even peck out some drivel we know is not what we want to say, but do it anyway, hoping it will start that magical flow that will bring back that 'Thrill.'

What do you do when the 'Choke' comes? Like me, do you keep hitting the 'Backspace' button to erase the silly stuff just written? Like me, do you finally capitulate to the demon presence, get up and go for a walk? Me, I've got the beach and the Sea of Cortez and the constant sun --- not a bad fallback position --- so a walk, breathing in some fresh sea air can get my brain re-engaged and ready for some more 'Thrills.' And, alas, maybe the walk doesn't do it for me, and I just walk away for the day, but with the knowledge that the 'Thrill' isn't gone for good...it will be back.

What do you do when the 'Choke' comes?










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8/9/2012 06:20:20 pm

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