I was showering the other morning. The water drumming my head lulled me into a shower trance and I let my mind wander. Amazingly it came up with the opening paragraph to a story I've been thinking of for some time. It was perfect and just tumbled into my brain .... I KNEW if I stopped the flow of the water to write down my thoughts, all would be lost. My daughter burst into the bathroom and I begged her to please hurry and find the portable tape recorder quick before my thought bubble burst.... already the colors were fading, the rainbow light swirling into blackness. She ran back upstairs unable to find the machine. I tried to keep calm and hang tight to my thoughts, "not too tight, don't want to lose them, just relax now..." too late. The lines started to disintegrate, drifting away piece by piece, until they were gone completely.
DAMN DAMN DAMN.
I need a waterproof recorder taped to the shower stall. It's my only hope! :D
About Me
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- I'm a 40 year old mother of three little ones! Well, two BIG ones and a little one. :D There's no point me mentioning ages as I'll have to update every month, suffice it to say I've a teen, a pre teen and a baby!! :D We homeschool our children, but are very loosely structured. Too structured to be unschoolers, to loose to be home "schoolers" so we wiggle along in the middle there. I love to write but rarely allow myself the time to do it so when I get chance, this is where the magic happens... this and Examiner.com where I occasionally write an article or two and the Lincoln Journal's Star City Sports magazine where I write every few months. I hope you enjoy reading my infrequent and rambling posts as much as I enjoy writing them :D
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In one of my books someone talked about waterproof paper and pens.
Oooh Oooh here's something that I just googled...
http://www.riteintherain.com
I think I read about it in the book "Write it down, Make it Happen" or from one of Victoria Moran's books.
anyway, one of them said that they got so many ideas while they were in the shower that they finally got a pad and pen that would work in the shower so they didn't lose their train of thought.
Kristin
A shower nearly always cures writer's block, it's a proven fact. :)
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I actually read your first post the other day after browsing to yours from Gabrielle's.
Writing is a long, winding road. Have fun!
Oh, and thanks for the link!
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