Actually, that's a lie.
It's been two weeks, probably.
And I still don't have it yet because unnamed mail company decided to ship it to every city on the face of the planet first.
I'm not kidding.
OK, maybe a little.
but no really. I've been tracking it and it's gone from the state on the left of mine, to the state on the right, to a city at the top of my state... and I'm like, "FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS GOOD, WHY?"
Let me share something with you that was said to me this week.
Someone legitimately told me that they don't trust books because the people who write them misconstrue things.
Um.
While it is true that people tend to be big fat liar pants, I would be far more comfortable trusting information that came from a book than word of mouth.
I mean, think about it.
Thiiiiink about it.
You know I'm right.
Have you ever played telephone? You know, where you tell someone something and they pass it on, etc. until it comes back to you and it's not even remotely close to what it started out as?
That's basically what happens every time someone "learns" something by word of mouth. People like to make stories more elaborate.
You can't do that with a book. The words are permanent on the page.
So, writer's block. If I were counting, this would probably be my 3940832094832th post on this topic, yes?
Close enough.
There's this new slowly spreading phenomena called Word Wars.
I'm not really sure where it originated, but Friend thinks it was the NaNoWriMo people's idea.
So anyways, we started doing these a couple years ago and next thing you know, we have tons of other writers in on it too. Pretty much every writer I know uses this method for overcoming writer's block.
Basically,
1. Get anywhere from 1 to 5000 friends together
2. determine a time limit. EX: 10 minutes
3. set a start time and then write as much as you can for 10 minutes straight
4. stop
5. person with the most word wins
6. It's optional, but it's a good idea to share what you wrote so that you get immediate feedback
7. repeat process
These things are magical. I'm telling you.
They're also addicting. I don't usually write anymore without hunting someone down to Word War with me first.
TRY IT. Tell me how it goes.
I already know you're going to love them, but tell me anyways.
Okay, until next time.
Okay, until next time.