Writers block, or too much of a perfectionist?
So,I’m writing a novel, not much of one and it’s only for my own personal amusement really. As you may know, every writer has their own way of doing things, some people like MS word, some like a typewriter, others like doing it by by hand on the back of napkins; personally I prefer TextEdit on Mac OSX, because it allows me to use HTML coding, which makes my process a lot smoother. Now I’m part of the introductions here’s my problem: I’ve got good ol’ writers block. Now, as I said every writer has their own process and mine is as unique to me as yours probably is to you. See, my personal definition of writers block is when my train of thought stops (or sometimes gets completely derailed). Even if it’s only for three seconds, I still feel that once I’ve lost my “thread” -as I call it- then I’m off of my track and onto another (liking these train metaphors? I’m not, so I’ll stop now). So here’s where the carriage meets the caboose (okay, that’s the last one): I need to know how to keep myself focused; I write in a pretty tidy home office and, even though I have dyslexia I’m in control of it enough to pretty much be used to how my own brain works by now. Am I being too much of a perfectionist? Many of my writer friends have told me that it’s a good thing to be on a new “thread” because it keeps my stories “fresh” (whatever that means, it’s not like I’m making a sandwich is it?). So, should I just chill and take their advice? Or do you think that sticking to my guns is the best way? Personally I think change is good, but I’m worried that if I change one thing I’ll lose everything I’ve been building up over the years. What do you think?
