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Have you ever lost interest in something you were writing?

Posted on February 23, 2013 | 44 comments

I’m in a little bit of a rut. I know I can easily write 1000 words a day (I only have about an hour a day to write) but for the past few days, I just can’t seem to do it.

For some of the time, it is because my thoughts keep straying to a different story that I want to write. I KNOW that if I followed my muse I’d be spitting out 1000+ words an hour. But if I did that, I know I probably would never get back to what I’m writing.

Is there anything wrong with what I’m writing? No. It’s just not “calling to me”—You know what I mean?

The funny thing is, I am around the bend of the “rising action” and I am staring my climax in the face. Just two more scenes until I start blowing things up. Oh, Yes! This one will make the Little Blue Lady from Mars very happy! It will make me happy… but I’m just “bored” in the process of getting there.

Is my story boring? I don’t think so (of course no one has read more than the first 500 words during Sunday Snippets.)

I know, I know… set it aside for a while and follow my muse… but I can’t. I’m writing to a deadline again. I have only a few more weeks to finish, go to beta, revise and submit… and I’d like to give myself a little extra time in case they ask for a re-write before the deadline.

Ugh.

I think part of it is that I can’t motivate myself to start, and once I get the motivation, I only have about 25 minutes of writing time left… so I dump about 450 words on the page and then have to stop. If I had more time in a sitting, I would probably be able to keep going. I guess that’s the sob story of everyone with a full time job, and a part time job plus a family to take care of.

So what about you guys? Have you ever tired of something you were writing when you were so close to the “good part?”