I know I'm procrastinating at the moment, almost fearful that I will get my 'bid idea' and then I'll have to begin. Some of my procrastination is actually just getting ready (I've started re-reading Nick Daws' How to write a book quickly course - see quotation below) whilst the rest of it is... er, doing something else.
Still, I'd rather procrastinate now and get it out of my system than be blighted half-way through writing the first draft. (Spoken like a true procrastinator! :-) )
I know I'm fearful too.
What if it's rubbish?
What if I've nothing to say?
What if what I say is unimportant, of little value?
Why did it take you so long to write?
Etc.
Hmm. Fear can cast a powerful spell, indeed. I can already imagine the people who will be first to scoff at my efforts.
Facing these fears is part of the battle. A battle that continues however many novels one starts to write, I'm sure. Yes.
So let's finish this 'doing something else' blog entry with these comforting words, taken from Nick Daws' course. You're never too old, Nick says, to write your first novel...
"Indeed, older people have a big advantage when it comes to writing. Even if they have led relatively uneventful lives*, they still have a huge reservoir of experiences and memories they can draw on to add color and depth to their writing."
* The life inside my mind has been far from uneventful.
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