Since the only writing class I have done (At the Sydney Writer's Studio) I have believed that writing is an interplay of the subconscious and the conscious. So I immediately took to "Becoming a Writer" by Dorothea Brande. *See below - I don't seem able to copy a book cover without the Amazon - 'look inside' - never mind) It makes sense to me that the conscious has to serve and protect the unconscious. The creative comes from the latter and the craft from the former. So far well and good. Her prescription though is a bit harder. I know that writing as soon as I wake in the morning is the right thing to do - it's just that it's so easy to fiddle around reading news on the internet. Goodness knows that I should find explicit time to write each day. I mean how hard can it be! I'm retired. But so often it seems anti -social when my partner is around.
When I actually start writing and get into the zone (whoever thought of that phrase - it is a good one) it all works find - my mind just focuses and nothing else seems to matter. Indeed I really don't think of anything else - only the writing.
Anyway, I shall try again tomorrow, I have made my pot of coffee and set my alarm for 7.00. All I have to do is put the coffee on the microwave and tap at the keyboard, Wish me luck! I'll report how I go.
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