It's a great feeling to have the manuscript I have been laboring over out of my hair for a while. After a sigh of relief, panic sets in. WHAT NOW? I feel oddly abandoned without my work. Besides, I'm totally stuck on the sequel I was planning to write. And I mean STUCK!
Okay, I know, lots of writers go through this. I do have a few options, I guess:
1) I forget about writing for a while and enjoy a piece of chocolate instead. But that only takes a few minutes and then what?
2) A cup of coffee? A few more minutes. And then what?
3) I go on vacation--wait, you need money for this... Hmm.
4) It's cheaper to just go for a walk in my beautiful neighborhood:
Okay, done that. Now what?
5) Read, but I do this all the time anyway. And reading can also be an escape to keep from writing.
Gee, this is getting difficult. I'm running out of options.
I guess there is only one option left:
6) BUCKLE DOWN AND WRITE ANYWAY. Sigh!
Unless, dear writer/reader, you can come up with a better idea. What do you do when you're stuck?
Cheers!
