Hey, I learned that you should never answer the phone when you are writing because then you allow the world to come rushing in and when that happens, at least for me, all h-e- double hockey sticks breaks loose and I find myself rushing to finish up the writing and get on to "my life because there are so many things I have to get done today"! Yikes!
Ok, that was a good lesson, don't answer the phone.
Now, I also have found that I am just spewing musings all over the place, like the dam just broke, I'm meandering all over the place, and at an accelerated rate as if years worth of musings are surfacing all fighting for a chance to be heard.
This has resulted in a instillation of approximately 87 hundred postie notes hanging from just about every surface in my home. It could be misconstrued as some ( now I need a french dictionary as well- I just happen to have one) avant garde work of art with a hidden meaning, but it's not, it's just a mess.
So I found my mini recorder ( which I used when I was writing my first book ) to help me keep notes because I just can't carry this desktop with me everywhere I go, and even if I could, when I meander into a musing that needs to be heard I really can't wait for the darn thing to boot-up. I need instant relief and a quick way to note my musings. Lesson 2- a quick convenient way to keep notes is essential.
Lesson 3- a real biggie- I can concentrate better on my writing when I don't have something else I would like to do- I didn't say need to do - I said like to do, on
my mind. Right now I have Jessie's painting on my mind, the light today is perfect for working on this painting I am doing for my niece.To highlight what I learned: when writing
1. don't answer the phone
2. use a tape recorder to keep notes
3. if you want to do something else first, do it.
So I will get back with you all tonight, when the light isn't fabulous for painting.
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