Friday, November 14, 2014

Writers Block or Maybe Not

So it Friday, November 14, 2014.  I have now been blogging consecutively for 45 days.  It is hard to believe that I came up with that many different things to say.  And for the past 13 days, I have also been working on my NaNoWriMo project as well.  I am finding lots of things to say. But as I began to think about what to blog about today, I hit a wall.  I had Writer's Block.  I started and deleted several drafts before I began this one.

Yet the third time proved to work.  That is this version.  It is so hard sometimes to put thoughts on paper.  I want to be sure I am using the right words to convey exactly the meaning I want.  After all you can't hear my voice or see my facial expressions or hand motions to know what I really mean.  All I have is my words.  The right words convey exactly the meaning I want, while the wrong words can leave nothing.  I just know I have a lot I want and need to share.  At the same time, I am finding a desire to write that I never knew I had.

I always thought my sister was the one with the writing talent in the family.  I was gifted in math.  But as the years have gone by, I find myself spending more time writing or editing writing.  As Dennis attended college, I edited his papers for him.  I edit my children's homeschool work.  I edit my blog and various posts on various forums I am on.  I am surrounded by words. I can't escape them.  They follow me where ever I go.

What are you surrounded by?  Or what do you find yourself doing that you did not expect to be doing?  I hope you will share with me!

8 comments:

  1. Congratulations on 45 days! I love that you are surrounded by words and ideas and can express them so freely. :) I am a mama of eight, so I am surrounded by children. That makes me happy!

    Keep writing... you are good at it!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by. As a mom of 8 I am sure your life is blessed. Thanks for the compliment!

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  2. Congratulations on blogging for 45 days. Im surrounded by a lot of things children is one of them but im surrounded by my racing thoughts. And even with racing thoughts I often get writers block as well..

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    1. Sorry I did not reply sooner. Thanks for stopping by. I am not sure which is worse having no thoughts or having racing thoughts that move too fast to keep up with.

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  3. Isn't it a good thing to be surrounded by words, especially when you are passionate about them. Writer's block comes and goes but when passion takes over no blocks stops us, right. :) happy writing.

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    1. I am glad you stopped by. I have become passionate about words. Happy writing to you as well.

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  4. That is an impressive accomplishment, 45 days. I usually post to my own blog about once a week. So this NaBloPoMo is new for me, and I'm actually having fun!

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    1. Glad you stopped by. I am glad to hear you are also enjoying NaBloPoMo. I am too!

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