What’s the opposite of writer’s block, where you freeze because you can’t think of anything to write about? Perhaps Writers Flood? You might think the opposite is, well…just write as normal. But, what if there is so much going through your brain that you can’t make up your mind what to write about?
In a way, having too much to write about can be a kind of good thing. Let’s just get to one side, sit down, with (in my case) a pen and notebook, and just start writing a list. With as much or as little detail as you want. What we are looking for is a kind of to-do list, I suppose.
At the moment, I am still fixated on measuring the beach at Stokes Bay. I am developing a strategy for doing the measuring and recording the measurements. I even have a name for the project – The Secret Life of Shingle. That really did get me excited. Then I can move on to the Compost Bins. I think we have a problem with both our bins, but I need to find out, so I’ve ordered a compost bin thermometer and moisture gauge so that I can keep an eye on what is happening deep inside. I don’t have a name for this, beyond “The Compost Bins.”
Then there is the project that I started as an archaeology project. I’m not sure that’s correct. Given the nature of the project, I suspect it’s more historic. I am working on a name for that. The best I’ve come up with are a couple; The Organised Ape (bearing in mind I’m going back to time before Homo Sapiens were a thing, or a slight variation on that; The Organised Ape and its invented society.
There are some sessions where i have a task within that session, for example, I did a small, 5-minute presentation to the Exploring Art group that raised a bit of a smile.
Then of course, there is what might be the piece-de-resistance might just turn out to be the inaugural meeting of the new Gosport u3a Creative Writing Group. Enough people have to turn up to make the group viable, so let’s not count our chickens – just yet.
et. With all of that, you can see that I would be so busy that I have no time for anything else. This is where the benefit of being retired; more time for study, more time for walking, and more time naps. I’m starting to feel
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