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Day Three #3DayNovel


Yikes! Is that 8:22 already?

Foggy day to go with my brain. It’s been days of sitting, dwelling in my head, I still have miles to go before the story ends, and my fingers just aren’t fast enough to get them all in.

Haven’t had a decent meal except for dinner the last two days – not hungry, given my total exercise is mental. Not ODing on coffee, yet. I think today may be the day as I scream into the finish line…panicking, wind in my teeth, madness in my glance.

Need a soundtrack for today. Oddly, given my novel context, my iTunes shuffle kept playing “Jesus Christ Superstar”. I shifted to Seaside -FM last night, usually perfect for writing, only to be assaulted by hymns for their late night “songs of praise” show. Given that I am writing about religious matters, it kind of freaked me out.

Beginning to get paranoid about being watched from above…

But maybe that’s the muse I’m courting. God knows (as it were), I could use her help.

And wheeeeeeee! Off I go!

#3DayNovel How To Find Your Writing Muse


How To Find Your Writing Muse.

Nice article, and good for this second half of my writing day, which is going to be a long one. I’ve already passed through the “I don’t really need to do this thing anyway” moment – quickly this time, which is unusual. I can normally count on an hour of wallowing in “don’twannaland” at least.

But my story is calling, I have a terminally oldies radio station on to give me some musical accompaniment, and I overslept so I have the pressure of time. All good things.

I try to get up and walk around every half hour or so unless the story grabs me and sticks me in the chair – it’s been an hour and a half now and I’d better at least uncross my legs or I may well end up trapped in this position in perpetuity. Time for another glass of water, too. Brain needs watering.