I was listening to a podcast for writers just a moment ago when my mind wandered a bit as something they talked about sparked an idea for an approach to writing the ending for my novel. As my mind was contemplating the conclusion, I realized that they were still talking in the podcast. I hadn't paused it. This is something that happens to me frequently, and I will usually rewind (that term may show how old I am) back a minute or two to catch up on what I missed.
This time, rather than doing that, I then began musing about how I sometimes do my best thinking with the podcast running in the background. But, unfortunately, this caused me to became hyper aware of what they were now talking about, and I began to lose the thread of the idea for the end of my novel altogether.
So here I was, my focus shifting back and forth between what was currently being discussed in the podcast, and what they said earlier that sparked my idea for my ending. Which destroyed any progress on either front.
This led to meta thoughts on how my thought patterns are fucked, and that led to my idea of writing the meta down for my blog.
So here we are, folks. I completely lost my train of thought for my novel. I know it had something to do with how to write my ending. Beyond that, I can only guess. I also now need to rewind (there's that dated term again) the podcast back to where my mind began to wander. Maybe that will help trigger my missing thoughts.
Can anyone else relate to this? How broken am I?
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