I'm a slayer, ask me how.

I have a writing assignment I'm working on, like a thing I will actually get paid for doing. It's only 800 words but I have now thought TOO hard about it and need to just scrap everything and start over and get my head in a better spot. I got the job pitching an idea and using my blog posts as examples of my writing. It's an opinion piece, I can write in my own voice...but my brain keeps making me write it like a term paper and that is BORING.

Any of you professional writers have any tricks for just resetting your mind? Or should I just buy a bottle of wine and write my rough draft after a drink or two? Because right now, that is the best idea I have.

It's due February 15 but I want to get it done by next week in case I do it all wrong and the editor sends me notes back to tweak anything.

Yes, I'm being coy about all of this...I don't want to jinx it. If/when I get it done and it is published, you know I'm going to spam you with the link but right now...I'm just trying to focus.

So, I tried doing NaNoWriMo in 2009 and it did NOT go well at all. You can see me fumbling around on my dreamwidth blog.

Anyway, this year I'm thinking I might at least try to WRITE something in November, but not get bogged down with the whole "novel" idea. Writing anything would be good. I found a Writing Prompts site that I bookmarked ages ago and I think I'm going to use that and post something, ANYTHING, each day to practice my creative writing skills, which I have not even touched since...well 2009. And that was barely a touch, more of a poke. Er...wait, that sounds wrong...

I signed up for mini_nanowrimo - played it safe and just did 100 words per day. I think I can handle that!

I'm hoping maybe andy_wolverton will think this is a good idea too because then we can encourage each other. :)