Sounds like a cool name for a newspaper, doesn't it?
Part sarcastic, part inspirational...
The Daily Epiphany pretty much describes my writing life. Every day, almost, I come up with some kernel of an idea that gets caught somewhere in my gray matter. Some days, it's a cool idea for a story. Other days its a bad seed - like the days I think I should give up this life of glamour and excitement and concentrate on a real job.
Either way, there's some new nugget taking shape in my brain all the time. Sometimes helpful and good, other times insidious and self-defeating.
Today, just a few minutes ago in fact, I had one of the shiny epiphanies. It was a small one, nothing earth shattering, but it's one I may decide to run with. It has to do with clearing the decks again.
I've been bogged down with a couple of stories, a couple of ideas that I just can't leave alone. I'm chipping away at them a lot like chipping away at an iceberg with a chopstick. I'm working up a sweat and not making much progress.
It just occurred to me that maybe I need a clean slate for a while. What would happen, if I put all the half-finished stories on hold for a bit and forced myself to write something totally new, totally out of my comfort zone, seat of the pants, no holds barred? What if I got out of my own way and just let myself write?
I know. Right? Radical.
2 comments:
Um, I'd like to sign up for The Daily Epiphany...please??
I completely understand the need to clear the decks and start fresh. It's almost like all those half-finished stories and "brilliant" ideas are just weights dragging down your creativity which wants to just have fun and soar.
That's it in a nutshell.
I will tell the subscription department to add you to the mailing list. ;)
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