Today I am still stunned by something l learned last night in writers chat. Our guest author revealed to us that he has over 700 – yes, read that as OVER SEVEN HUNDRED, completed manuscripts waiting for a home! Each of those has been submitted at least once. He also already has 500 published short stories and poems! And he is only in his 40’s!
I sat here marvelling, first at his achievement of 500 in publication, but when he said he has over 700 yet to be published — well, I don’t know if I have recovered yet from that announcement! I hardly can grasp the image of that. Imagine it! … Can you?
From that I realized I am not capturing my thoughts and ideas nearly the way I should be doing. Some writers carry a notebook and pen everywhere they go, others take a little tape recorder to talk into when something triggers their imaginations, some keep paper and pen by the bed at night (I do this) in case they get story ideas as they are falling asleep or are wakened by them, or maybe even dream them.
The point is … write, write, WRITE! Don’t lose ideas by not capturing them, thinking you will remember and then losing them! Ever have that happen? Never trust your memory, especially since – as a writer – you have so much creative thought happening. For sure some of it will get lost.
Do you have a stockpile of manuscripts? Or maybe you have tips to offer regarding capturing ideas ? I’d love to hear about it.
Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂
Polilla Writes 