So I brought my laptop along with me, planning on writing in the evenings after I put the children to bed. It hasn’t really worked out as well as I had hoped.
It’s hard enough for me to get started on a new story. What’s so vivid in my head evaporates as I stare at the blank page. Being here helps, because this is in fact where my next story is set, and the details of the story are growing in my mind every day. So what’s the problem?
The children aren’t cooperating with me.
I do my best to keep them busy all day long and I put them to bed at 8:30pm, but do they go to sleep? Nope. No matter how tired they are, they mess around and giggle and play for at least an hour. I usually have to go in and yell at them at least twice before they finally consent to at least whisper. It’s distracting to the writing process to say the least. They finally settle down somewhere close to 10pm, by which time I’m exhausted myself!
The only night they fell asleep easily in the last couple of weeks was after having completed a 7 mile hike up Eagle Mountain and back. Do I need to say that they weren’t the only ones who were tired that night?!
I have been making lots of notes on random thoughts that have popped into my head and I am happy to say I managed a few pages last night. I’m hoping to squeak out a few more tonight. But I don’t think I’m going to get as much done on this trip as I had hoped…
