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Sarah/Katherine ([personal profile] truepenny) wrote2009-01-06 12:39 pm

A particular kind of stuckness

From a conversation with [livejournal.com profile] matociquala about why none of my short stories work currently:

It's like being a rat and working your way through a maze, and then the researcher says, "Okay, the next step is, you have to fly." And you're a rat. You don't even know where to go to get wings.

There's clearly something my brain is trying to figure out, but I don't know what it is or how to help. But, you know, sooner or later you can expect a lot of flying rats.

[identity profile] sistercoyote.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
You know, now either you or [livejournal.com profile] matociquala need to write the flying rat story or let someone else have it. :)

Edited because I can spell and do know the difference between "or" and "are," I swear to the heavens.
Edited 2009-01-06 18:51 (UTC)

[identity profile] cerulean-sky.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I second this. Especially if the story still manages to somehow be about writers and writers block.