tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818123252981343255.post6277209889015613950..comments2007-10-19T12:39:18.041-04:00Lois Karlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00658333345815494310noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818123252981343255.post-47694660264982153542007-10-19T12:39:00.000-04:002007-10-19T12:39:00.000-04:00Lois,<BR/><BR/>I hate house cleaning but it has always been my greatest evasion method for everything. I went to college after I married and had kids. During mid terms and finals I had the cleanest house in New York.<BR/><BR/>I think it's because I dislike cleaning so much that if I actually do it, I feel virtuous even though I know I'm using it as an evasion tool.<BR/><BR/>Ah, the deviousness of the human mind!<BR/><BR/>TerrieTerrie Farley Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04980849018232866773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818123252981343255.post-5389058407766888012007-10-19T10:50:00.000-04:002007-10-19T10:50:00.000-04:00Terrie - Problem is, these prompts inspire pretty far out stories...I'm typically far more genteel. Maybe it would be therapeutic for staid little me to try to actually flesh these out. BTW. The grandkids I can well understand, even trips to the gym. But I'm truly impressed that your own toolbox of writing-evasion methods include washing the kitchen floor. That's pretty serious procrastination! <BR/><BR/>Tee - Yeah, I was pretty floored by these bizarre prompts, but kinda pleased to have come up with any story ideas at all from them.Lois Karlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00658333345815494310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818123252981343255.post-69622876771495831662007-10-18T11:40:00.000-04:002007-10-18T11:40:00.000-04:00Great writing - and such strange prompts! LOL.Teehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01213584316807112321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818123252981343255.post-62098660251740213362007-10-18T10:05:00.000-04:002007-10-18T10:05:00.000-04:00Hi Lois,<BR/><BR/>Great post. The muse does what the muse does and we just try to play along. (Should I hum a few bars?)<BR/><BR/>If I can't move along on the current piece of work for whatever reason, I usually pull out an old piece (unfinished, or finished but has room to grow, etc.) <BR/><BR/>I do like the idea of taking a sentence or two and making up a story and then writing it.<BR/><BR/>Presently I am behind on a self imposed revision deadline, so it's not so much the muse misfiring, it's me thinking, well, I'll just go to the gym or I'll just wash the kitchen floor, or maybe I'll call and see if the grandkids need grandma for some reason today.<BR/><BR/>That's not a problem with the Muse. That's just plain old stalling and although I never had a problem with writing discipline, the last few months I have really needed to push myself not to digress into other areas during writing time. <BR/><BR/>I bet you'll get some great story ideas from your gadgets.<BR/><BR/>TerrieTerrie Farley Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04980849018232866773noreply@blogger.com