{"id":1686,"date":"2019-08-01T14:00:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T18:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=1686"},"modified":"2019-10-27T12:05:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T16:05:53","slug":"excuses-excuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=1686","title":{"rendered":"Excuses, Excuses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Excuses, Excuses – Why can\u2019t I write anything today.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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1. I always look to television to get ideas about what to write about. I\u2019ve decided to binge-watch, \u201cThe Game of Thrones\u201d. There are lots of plots to choose from and wonderful character development to inspire me, and I do love stories with dragons. I just finished Season 2. It shouldn\u2019t take me long to finish the whole series and then I\u2019ll get down to writing.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. I now keep a notebook by my bedside table where I write down thoughts and ideas I have every night before I go to sleep. That also means that I can\u2019t read through it until then either; my bedroom is off-limits during the day, you see, I\u2019m not allowed to nap. This actually makes it impossible for me to write, until I\u2019m asleep.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. I designate a specific time every day to write. If I miss that time, I can\u2019t write. I need to keep to a rigid schedule. My problem today is that I can\u2019t remember what time I set for writing. It may have already passed.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Ijammedboththumbsplayingvolleyball,soIhavenowaytopressthespacebarwhile<\/span><\/p>\n

I<\/span>typ<\/span>emywritingpiecetoday.ThereforeIcannottypemystory.Ifsomeonevolunteered<\/span><\/p>\n

toscrib<\/span>eformeImightbeabletodoit.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. My boss actually found a piece of my writing that criticized the work that he was doing. He\u2019s now set down a rule that anyone with the initials HH must wear safety mittens all day to prevent injuries. I guess this new rule I have to follow while working at the sewing thread company might inhibit me from writing today.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. The only materials that I have today are blank paper and a pen with invisible ink. Since you wouldn\u2019t be able to read what I write anyway, why bother to write.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Someone handed me a paper that said that today\u2019s writing piece was to be a favorite memory piece. Someone also just told me that I was recently released from a hospital after suffering from traumatic amnesia. If I ever figure out who I am, maybe I\u2019ll be able to write about a favorite memory.<\/span><\/p>\n

8. I can\u2019t write today, because I\u2019ve developed an allergic reaction to creative thought.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

9. After wracking my brains all day yesterday to come up with an idea to write about, I decided to binge-sleep today to recover. You may get my writing tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n

10. I had a doctor\u2019s appointment today. I\u2019m not going to tell you what it was for. However, he did warn me that if I chose to write today, it could have deadly consequences. I\u2019d rather not risk it. Sorry.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Excuses, Excuses – Why can\u2019t I write anything today. 1. I always look to television to get ideas about what to write about. I\u2019ve decided to binge-watch, \u201cThe Game of Thrones\u201d. There are lots of plots to choose from and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[178,67,177],"class_list":["post-1686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-original-stories","category-story-writing","tag-excuses","tag-harvey-heilbrun","tag-writing-prompt"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1686"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1773,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686\/revisions\/1773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}