So, I suck! I had half the story typed up when I went to bed last night, but thought it was crap and deleted it this morning. I always do this. It's part of my process.
Anyway, I have trouble with sitting at a computer and writing. I have to handwrite everything and then type it up. Big sheets of paper didn't work, so I switched to note cards. Around 5 p.m. writer's block hit me in the worst way. I tried a few things to get my brain back into it.
I took a short break, tried to give my brain a rest:
Didn't help.
I did some Tai Chi:
What people don't tell you about Tai Chi is that, yes it helps with stress, but only when you're doing it. All the stress comes back when you're done and you realize that your back may feel better, but you still don't know how to write an ending to your story.
I then tried cleaning my apartment:
The only people helped by this were my roommates. At least they're happy.
I then locked myself in my room, opened the windows, turned out the lights and laid on the floor for a while. That seemed to work some magic. (Note to self: When faced with writers block, lie on a floor and freeze yourself to the brink of death).
So, I haven't typed up the notes yet because that would involve dealing with details that I don't think I can take mentally right now. I found out quickly that I based this character on myself in too many ways which meant that I was questioning my life a little too much while I was writing. That might be the main reason for the writer's block.
Anyway, I scanned the cards to prove that I'm not a total slacker (and used pictures in my blog to distract you from the fact that I am a total slacker). I'll type them up in a more script-like form tomorrow after my class. I'll tell you right now, I'm up for the revisions. I'm not really married to the ending. You can click on them to read, but it's more of a look at the inner clusterfuck that is my mind.
to this:
Here you go! You can click on these to make them bigger.
