...And Found

My writing brain was lost.

I had intended to write about my goals for the new year. That didn't happen. Not that I don't have any, that post just sort of got lost somewhere in my brain. In fact, my entire zest for writing got lost too.

It's been an odd few weeks. I had thought that the momentum I had gained during the last months of 2009 would carry on through to this year. But it didn't.

I've always been the type of person who functions better on a schedule. When the holidays hit I get a lovely long vacation from work, which means a vacation from my normal routine as well. And this is where things started falling apart. You'd think with all the spare time on my hands, I'd use it to write, but I didn't. Instead, I spent my days being lazy and doing holiday stuff.

It was like the writing area of my brain just shut down for a vacation itself. Even when I sat down to do some writing, my mind was just not in it. I had several supportive and inspirational conversations during this lulling period, which I truly appreciate! (You know who you are!) And finally after much whinging and carrying on, I spat out a blog post the last week of December.

I thought then that my writing brain had finally reemerged, I even had ideas for a follow-up post. I even went so far as to title that post Part I, virtually forcing myself to return in short order and continue writing. And again, it didn't happen.

Two weeks into 2010 and I started to worry I would never find the words to start writing or blogging again. It was completely frustrating. I had enjoyed the act of writing so much just a few short months ago and now it was just something else I had failed to continue with. (Which is a whole other issue as those who know me or have read previous entries in this blog can attest.)

What was it going to take for me to snap back into the happy world of writing?? Turns out, it took a challenge!

My previous post is entitled "The Shape of Things to Come". It also happens to be the title of an episode of LOST (a show I LOVE). A dear friend recently did a post entitled, "The Beginning of the End", also the title of a LOST episode. After jokingly commenting to each other about our choice in blog post titles, she suggested a challenge to see how many of the episode titles we could manipulate into blog posts. My initial response: that would mean I'd have to actually blog. Something I hadn't done in weeks. Something I was growing more and more frustrated by. But wait! Therein lies part of the challenge!

So, I accepted! And here I am two days later blogging away! And really enjoying it!

Stay tuned for more entries in the R and V's LOST Title Blog Challenge AND check out V's entries at http://darknessdisgrace.blogspot.com/