Three Things Writers Think

Okay, yeah. I know. I'm not the final word on those dwelling in the land of writingdom. I don't speak for all writers, but here are some things I find myself thinking.

"Why can't I just focus?"

Everyday life is boring. My inner world is much more interesting to me than what is actually happening. Sometimes, I get so caught up by an idea that I miss the entire conversation someone is trying to have with me. I've come to the conclusion that I have developed a rather convincing autopilot. Half the time when a conversation is over, I don't remember anything about it. Even while at a respectable full-time job, I was always surreptitiously jotting down ideas on the closest scrap of paper. "Unfocused" is an understatement for me. 


"Why couldn't I love something else?"

I spend hours... HOURS of my life working on my books. Getting the story out of my head and onto something tangible is only step one. Next comes editing and revising, the bane of every writer's existence. I have never heard a writer say, "Oh yeah, I can't wait to sit in front of my computer for hours and pick through every sentence I've written over and over again." I don't think even editors really like editing. The worst part is that you can slave for months, sometimes driving yourself crazy, and no one really appreciates it. You might not even make any money. So I have on occasion wondered why I couldn't have loved to be a nurse or something. 

"How did I become this way?"

People don't understand why writers are the way they are. Honestly, neither do I. Did I read too many books growing up? Should I have focused more on sports? Is my brain just hardwired differently? Who knows? I've often  pondered the Nature vs Nurture aspect of it all, but there is really no way to know for sure. I can't tell you why I'm unfulfilled when my stories remain unwritten. I can't explain why I'm so much more concerned with the characters I create than actual people. I am the way I am. 


So those are my thoughts for today, dear readers. I would love to know if any other writers out there have experienced something similar. Let me know! 

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