Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
That’s a phrase my dad used to tell me a lot. I just looked it up. It’s attributed to Benjamin Franklin. Now, granted, that was a two-second google search, and there are many things attributed to Franklin that he never actually said…but that’s neither here nor there.
I’m in bed early tonight.
I am wiped the fuck out. This week has taken it out of me, mostly because work has been a bit more intense this week. I have a lot on my plate. Not more than I can handle, it looks like, thankfully, but a lot.
AND I started a new phase of the rewrite…the phase that actually matters the most…so of course that’s thrown me off my vibe.
Sigh.
I wish writing was easier. I really do.
I wrote today for two hours. The second hour, I consciously gave into some resistance and reorganized some of my post-it notes. I took it as a huge step forward in my mental and emotional awareness that I not only recognized the resistance for what it was (aka the force that would keep me from actually writing), but I didn’t actually feel guilty about it. I knew it was normal, and that it would pass if I just sat there long enough.
So, I sat there long enough.
And something came to me today that is one of the best ideas I’ve had in this entire rewrite. It was so simple, so emotionally true, and it fixed so many things in the beginning of my story that didn’t make sense till now.
Halleloo.
And that’s what Stephen King was talking about in his book On Writing. To paraphrase: your job as a write is to be in the same place at the same time every day so that when the Muse does decide to finally come down and supply some inspiration, she knows where to find you.
Persistence and consistency bring inspiration.
I’m going to end my entry here tonight, even though I have so much more running through my brain right now (pre-order privileges coming back on Amazon soon, Warriors dominance, exhaustion and creativity…). It’s time for me to sleep. I really am that tired. Hope that a full 8 hours will get me back on my feet…cause I’m working through the weekend, y’all.
Gotta get shit done.
Night!