I have no idea how to start this dreaded word association exercise. My rational mind wants to use regular, organized thoughts, not mats. Think tails confuse me. I try to wrap my mind around a word, try to make an association and all I come up with is biff, and that biff won’t solidify enough for me to grab a particular ankle and move around it to come up with something that makes sense. But I’m not supposed to make sense. I’m supposed to scruff up something quick that is longing to sit still and simmer, and then while I’m writing sense I’m supposed to screw a rim into existence and keep on writing like everything is normal. Orderly. My internal critic balks. It wants control over what I write and how I lump it. On the other hand, my muse is ecstatic at the thought that it might create something slinky or snowy that will ‘wow’ readers.
Scriptgirrl
