So, I'm banging my head against the creative tree. I've begun work on book three of the Writing Project and came up against a forest of blockades. First, I've incurred so many narrative debts in books one and two that I now have to start paying on them with, not only explanations, but also with the introduction and development of new characters. This is the part of intuitive writing that sucks for me. The reason is that I now have to pull away from the characters and scenarios that I've come to love and enter the psyche of others who I never took the time to really know except in passing. This, secondly, means getting into a totally different head space and tapping into personalities that are, as of yet, not quite as attractive to me.But this is not all bad. By now being somewhat disciplined enough to force my pencil across the pages on a daily basis, my mind is also forced into thickly wooded spaces not yet explored and new things are just now beginning to sprout up and become interesting. And it's that which makes intuitive writing so fun for me as well. The unexpected happens and, while though being unexpected, such scenarios end up actually fitting into the grand scheme of things and making the whole story believable and, I hope, gripping.
So book three may be complete by the fourth month of next year, if not sooner. Knock on wood.
