Trouble Averted

This morning was a minor breakthrough. I didn't feel like writing, not one little bit. I got the girls out, made coffee, sat on the couch staring blankly at the morning news show, all the while berating myself for wasting time and not writing anything.

Right in the front of my notebook are large, black slogans dashed off when I began: Write Every Day! Even If It's Just A Paragraph! Even If It's Crap! So, I made myself pick up my briefcase and get out chapter two and my pen. Put them on the couch and got coffee and cereal. Picked them up when I was finished with breakfast.

I still didn't want to do it, and was actually feeling quite petulant when I put pen to paper. I fully expected to see that pen sitting without moving. I kept waiting for the tv news to draw me back in.

But it didn't happen! The pen started moving. I scratched out some words and started adding some down the margin. Kelsey and her Grandma Opal are in the back yard and GO has just asked her if she is indeed a lesbian when the huge, normally immobile neighbor bursts out of the house and "runs" across the street, screaming out a warning. I had forgotten that the "chapter two" I had on the flash drive was actually a quick sketch and not actual prose. Duh. So I started cleaning that up and before you know it, a half hour has gone by and I had to put down the pen.

Whoo Hoo! That felt GOOD, man. I'm going to type that up as soon as I post this, then I guess I'll get to work. ;-)