when ever i sit down to write my mind is full of ideas and spinning miles a minute, but when i start writing either my brain shuts down or revs up to the point where i can't string together a coherent thought. maybe thats just the alcohol? i was once told the key to writing is to just dump everything out at once without editing. just type and forget, then wait a few days to go back edit, sort, collate, and organize. maybe it would be better if i did my writing with a pen and paper versus typing, so i wouldnt see all those lovely little red squiggles that indicate miss spelled words or contractions where i forgot to place and apostrophe...
but of course my mind tends to wander into weird places so maybe its for the best i cant fully articulate my thoughts. i wonder how much thats bouncing around my brainpan is actually an original idea, or a retread of something i saw/read/heard? funny thing the way the subconscious hides and mixes the thoughts of others in with my own thoughts. enough to make me doubt any actual or perceived talent i may or may not have.
in today's society with the prevalence of disorders such as ADD/ADHD and so on i find it even more difficult to articulate thoughts without adding in relevant videos just to keep someones attention. but maybe there is an idea there with the ever expanding tech of virtual books where it would be easy to include code for music or relevant videos to help associate the train of thought into a multimedia experience, right? also all the regulating of the grammar structure and rules is frustrating to say the least. who is it that sat down and wrote all these rules of writing? why do some of the most prolific writers of all times abandon, neglect, or flat out ignore the rules? why do teachers get flustered when one of these writers is referenced the response is always well your not them or they are the exceptions to the rule?
sometimes i think it would be easier for me to sleep sometimes if i was able to completely download all of my thoughts into a computer that could sort and organize my thoughts. i know there is at least two or three good books hidden away in the chaos i'm just not able sit down and sort it all out without going of into some long trivial segway that devolves into a whole separate story line that diverges again and again and then i forget the original story. or i run into a incredible train of thought that i can track follow and would make an excellent story but as soon as i try to write it all down everything goes blank and i cant remember the simplest form of the thought. sort of like waking from an excellent dream that was so lucid and vivid i can remember tastes and smells but like all dreams they vanish in the waking light of day.
someone will inevitably recommend that i try writing myself small notes or outlining my thoughts on a story. to tell the truth i have tried that and my mind just cant make the process to work. i wonder if i got one of those dictation programs and just left it on during the course of the day would help? now i digress i'm sure if you have taken any time to read this your eyes must be ready for a break or you realized that i am most likely a truly boring individual. so here's today's 5 random YouTube videos.....
what's the difference between jam and jelly?
robotsatemyhair:
Consistency. I prefer jams. And you are not boring, and I should bring veils back.