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Am I alone in this? Every time I begin the first draft of a novel, two conflicting realities converge.<\/p>\n
The need to write, and the need to run away.<\/p>\n
I have taken to calling this the Write or Flight phenomenon…the thing that makes me get up from my computer five times on the same page, that makes me seek out yet one more coke or draws me to the internet for ‘research” that then takes me away from the book for the rest of the day.<\/p>\n
No doubt, when I do this, it is a lack of discipline. But this phenomenon is more than that. It is a real and urgent need to run from the thing I am creating.<\/p>\n
Of course, I always conquer the need to run. We all do. In the end, the book is the boss, and the book has to get written. And the only way for that to happen is to stay in the chair long enough for my characters and I to write the book, or at least today’s chapter. But it can be a fight, some days more than others.<\/p>\n
Do you have this Write or Flight experience? If you do, please share in the comments section. I’d love to hear your take.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Am I alone in this? Every time I begin the first draft of a novel, two conflicting realities converge. The need to write, and the need to run away. I have taken to calling this the Write or Flight phenomenon…the thing that makes me get up from my computer five times on the same page, …<\/p>\n