Sunday, February 8, 2009

Got ideas?

"The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas." -Linus Pauling

Have you ever had a project of some kind that you worked so hard on and put so much time into, that once it was finished you wondered, what was I doing before...?

I'm there.

That project, being the application for Vermont College, was sent. I was giddy for days. Friends wrote me wishes of congrats. I toasted a drink this weekend: To the application! You'd think I was already accepted. Well, you'll be the first to know in 4-6 weeks. Until then, we'll chill and pretend to not be counting the 28-42 days as they tick by on the calendar. And wonder, what was I doing before?

It's time to start a new writing project. Tick, tock, tick, tock.

Hmmm...

I got nothing.

Didn't I just send in an application for writing? Because I'm dying to live the life of a writer?! I had this thought today as I was wondering around my house: OMG, what am I going to write about when I officially become a writer?

I'll think of something, right?

Maybe it's a dry spell. Maybe it's that weird uninspiring time span between the holidays and spring that seems to be a monotonous repeat of cold weather, and the feeling of, what was I doing before...? Maybe I have been so focused on finishing one project- editing, revising, debating over punctuation and the impact of adding or removing one tiny little word- that now, my unbridled freedom, the blank canvas of "a new idea" is paralyzing...? Maybe.

I'll keep you posted.

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