I always get my most well-thought out blog post material when I'm taking a shower. It's a strange thing that happens one time too often wherein my thoughts will start to stray sporadically until I get hooked on a specific subject.
Say, for instance, I was thinking about the Asian television I've been watching recently... and POOF! Now I've got a possible blog post to write about to end the long hiatus over in dramaland's blog. (See the linkies on the side panel, as I am too lazy to hyperlink in the post right now.) I even came up with a title for that blog post: Drama Bites. My plan had been to detail several drama series I've been watching lately and how the Asian drama world has been picking up (finally!). But, of course, as soon as I get out of the shower, those thoughts are gone and my next line of thought started at the top of this particular post entry.
This happens a lot. A few days ago, I think I had an idea to write about what kinds of books draw me in as a reader. I even had an entire paragraph thought up as an introductory. Something about genres and character interaction and witty humor and how even though I'm a hopeless romantic, a lot of my favorite books happen to put the romances in a back seat light... and other stuff like that. And then the moment I sat down, I got distracted (ooh, something shiny!) and ended up playing Candy Crush on Facebook or something like that (my memory might be a little worse than goldfish level sometimes when it comes to mundane and boring activities).
Anyway, this brings me to something I said to myself aloud only moments ago. "I wonder if I should start recording my thoughts aloud... like with a voice recorder..." I honestly really thought about that. And as suggestive as the entire scenario sounds (recording my shower sessions), it's really not as exciting and more about my own OCD when it comes to writing material. If I dictated all of my thought aloud and had them recorded, would that help me remember my thoughts better and plan blog posts more accordingly?
Because, to be totally honest, I've already had two different revelations of how I wanted to write up my Raven Boys review, and yet both times, those perfectly formulated thoughts would disappear as soon as I get to my desk. It's a little annoying since that review is long overdue and the next book will be released in about a month (give or take), and I would hate to be scrambling for a half-assed review two nights before I start reading The Dream Thieves.
Sigh... Me and my first world problems would make everyone out there laugh, right?
Yeah, I might just be a little crazy.
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