W is for Wanderlust
Wanderlust. Most people may equate this with a desire to travel. I’m looking at it in relation to writers not finishing projects. In some cases, I suspect the inability to finish a project or at least the desire to continually start a new project can be compared to the oil change jockey who thinks he should be CEO or the person who flits from relationship to relationship because they either fail or refuse to believe the newness never lasts. They are impatient with the process and either want it accelerated or decided to chuck it and begin fresh when it doesn’t go as expected.
It could also be that the person decides the vision didn’t translate to reality well and instead of realizing that never happens, they abandon that project for the siren’s call of another glittery project which hasn’t been tarnished by reality. Yet.
There are probably as many reasons for writer wanderlust as there are writers. If you’re a writer, what gets you in the mood for wandering?
If you’re a writer, what gets you in the mood for wandering?
Being awake?
I love how poetically you paint the picture of a wanderer mind that refuses to accept the crudeness of reality. I usually find that in the middle of a story, when I feel like I’m trapped in a hundred webs I weaved and can’t figure out which way is up, I want to flee, to leave this mess behind and start anew. However, I never do. The OCD part of my subconscious would never let me, too bothered to sleep with the thought of an unfinished abandoned project. No, I stick ’till the end and I always find it most rewarding.
From Diary of a Writer in Progress