Writing Through Chaos

So I didn’t write last week.  Except for this blog.

The short story I started two weeks ago is still sitting in a word doc waiting for me.  And I confess that I’m a bit stuck.  For me, writing is a discipline.  Kinda like working out.  Most weeks, I have a plan, but if I deviate, then the plan shatters.

It’s no way to write.

When I was younger, I could commit pages of verbal vomit to a doc.  The words would just flow from beneath my fingers onto the page.  Images would shoot between my eyes, guiding the story.  It wouldn’t matter how much housework had to be done, or papers needed to be graded.  Writing came easier than it does now.

Now I need to plan.  Pantsing a piece hardly happens.  And if it does, then it falls like a poorly constructed Jenga tower.  The problem is that time is tight.  Taking the time to plan my writing in advance of stapling my ass to the chair in front of the desk is like planning my workouts.  Daily life can derail me. I’ve adopted a new mantra “Just Skip It” instead of “Just Do It.”

So I have been thinking about giving up WORD and GOOGLE DOCs to jump into the pond with Scrivner.  I do like to be organized.  And I think that some of the outlining options would help me craft tighter tales.  The problem I have is that I want to be able to move from my Windows desktop to my IPAD.  A friend told me I’d have to buy both Scrivner for Windows and for IOS.  And then I’d have to use Dropbox to move files from one platform to another.

This sounds complicated.

So I’d like to hear from you.  Do you use Scrivner?  Is it worth the money?  How has it helped you?  Or did you try it and find it bothersome?  Please send me some comments! 🙂

Hope to hear from you!

JMonell