11 Responses to “Frustrated.”

1. beck
   May 26th, 2009 @ 11:53 pm

   Apparently. =)

2. Barb
   May 27th, 2009 @ 7:47 am

   Yes. And you are one of the ones who does it most beautifully.

   I know the place you’re at. I’ve been there many times. But how wonderful that you have writing to get you through it. Without the writing it would just be the agony and insomnia without the joy and release.

3. Paul Frank
   May 27th, 2009 @ 9:03 am

   My experience has been that I’m most productive when I keep several projects underway — and facing deadlines — at the same time: always a poem or two, always a short story, always a play, always a book idea or two, and (of course) always THE NOVEL. When coupled with the writing at work (I’m currently into a 200-page emergency preparedness plan, a 150-page community needs assessment, and a 70-page parent handbook), the prospect of tinkering with a revamp of Rumplestiltskin in time for tryouts this weekend seems like a delightful diversion. If your house seems small, keep a horse in the living room for a week. If you don’t have enough money, you’re probably not giving enough away. Works for me!

4. Erin
   May 27th, 2009 @ 9:10 am

   I was recently working on a piece and couldn’t get some ideas for revisions out of my head (at around 11 p.m.). “I’d better go get this down before I forget,” I thought. I was up until 3 a.m. But really, it felt like just a few minutes.

5. Megsie
   May 27th, 2009 @ 9:19 am

   I am no writer, but I have been working on my thesis and had to write the first three chapters last fall. I NEVER could pull all-nighters in college, but I did several last fall. Nobody interrupted me after 10:00. It was the only long block of time I had. Hope you get a nap or two in today!

6. lizardek
   May 27th, 2009 @ 10:05 am

   It’s got to better than consuming a pint of Haagen Daaz and a bag of cheetos.

7. Molly
   May 27th, 2009 @ 3:41 pm

   It’s all part of the process, I think. And I can’t imagine what it would be like to do this with a family, but stay with it. There are easy days (weeks, more like, for me!) and hard days (months, more like, for me!), and I celebrate them both.

8. Bethany
   May 28th, 2009 @ 4:36 pm

   Yes, we do. But isn’t that thundering insanity one of the most fulfilling sensations in the world?

9. Jamie
   May 28th, 2009 @ 9:02 pm

   I think that sometimes, the raw, unedited stuff is the best!

10. cynthia
    May 30th, 2009 @ 9:17 am

    yes! It’s insane, isn’t it.

11. mandythompson
    May 30th, 2009 @ 4:55 pm

    Yes. They do. Songwriters. Novelists. Screenplay writers.
    Yeah… Sometimes the only time I can hear myself think is in the middle of the night – so why not put pen to paper, note to lyric, thought to word…?

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