How are you ever going to know if you stop being obsessed?
That tick in your eye ( Reefer Madness,) may lead to your life’s masterpiece. Keep doing what you’re doing I know that I will. It is that very obsession that generates amazing stories from nothing. If you made it this far, then yeah… you’re probably just as obsessed as I am. For all of those writers out there, I don’t have to explain any of this. My characters and situations are very real when I write. I just focus my time and energy on a universe of worlds floating about in my head. I’m no different than anyone else who happens to be obsessed.
I’ve heard that if you are willing to do something without pay because you love it, then that is the occupation you should have. I just can’t seem to make it through a part of my day without thinking or actually writing. Not the new one, the old black-and-white version. It’s like that crazed look that guy from Reefer Madnesshad when he couldn’t get enough. What started out as a hobby, then slowly became a past time, has now turned into an addictive drug. Which, as I mentioned… is all I want to do. I am not independently wealthy, nor have I been presented with a book-to-screen deal which will allow me to basically just sit and write. That, as of late, has been the most frustrating part for me. The problem is that I don’t always get to focus completely on the writing at hand. I am pretty good at multitasking on certain things, but when it comes to writing, I throw myself into it 100%. That entire time, I thought about a character flow for Joshua and a plane trip from England. Between the last paragraph and this one, I had to stop for a few hours to do something else. I’m not really sure if there’s any difference between that and a writer. I believe in normal people, this would be an indication of a mental illness. Like now… I can’t really seem to stop writing down my thoughts about being obsessed. It’s very, VERY hard not to write when it comes knocking. As I have mentioned before, inspiration can strike at any time. I carry around my iPad faithfully to capture those moments, but I have found lately, that just jotting down a few notes here and there, or writing a couple of lines… isn’t enough.
Sometimes, it gets to the point where my family is trying to talk to me, and I am “in the zone” with the story line, plotting of a scene, building a bridge between one chapter or section and another, etc. I find myself thinking about my books and characters constantly. That’s pretty hard up when you get to that level, but I think that means you are an actual writer. I mean stalker-level, mind-controlled, binge-eating, binge-watching, song stuck in your head, on the verge of losing your family and day job consumed. What do you do when something has consumed you? I’m not talking about a rousing game of Uno, or a gripping suspense climax in your favorite detective television show.
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