Word Flow

For those of you familiar with Eric Burns and Websnark*, I'm going to try something. I'm going to try to prime my own word pump and build up my momentum by simply putting to page something, anything. You see, I have an article for a monthly round table that I want to write. I've had this idea in my head for over a week.

I like to get an idea, and let it simmer. It builds for a few days, collects other ideas around it, and at some point coalesces into a whole. Up until a little while ago, I used to let these ideas slip past. They would flit by as a stream-of-consciousness rant, or inner-monologue. Or I would talk to myself for half an hour and get them out that way. Recently, I've been trying to trap them in type. It's been working Ok.

I wanted to write the piece on the weekend, but (as usual) life was busy and I barely had time to relax, let alone type. The whole idea actually formed, ready to be written, on Monday. If it wasn't for work, and the catch-up that I wound up doing from the overly busy weekend, I would have had it then. I let it slip past.

Now I've lost the damn thing again. It feels over-boiled and dry. I've misplaced the focus. I just can't find it. And the words just don't want to arrange themselves into a nice whole. In fact, my brain has been trying to write this stupid, pointless post instead. So instead of writing something intelligent and worthwhile, I'm writing this down. Hopefully it will clear my head, and prime the pump, and the ideas will be back and flowing tomorrow.

I've got 'till Thursday, and I know I have stuff I want to say. AHHHHH!!!

*As a side note, if you don't read Websnark and you are at all interested in Web Comics or other stuff, you should check it out.