Hello, gentle readers! Hope you are all well
and staying safe!
My DH and I have been married for a long time.
Forty-five years coming up in January and I just noticed something last night.
I have taken on his way of rambling. Let me explain. He’ll start a conversation
on a specific topic…and then he starts rambling because one thought will lead to
another and another and another. At some point, he’ll say “what was I talking
about?”. Well, I’ve gotten really good at recapping, telling him where he
started and where he ended up so he can pick up his train of thought and get
back to the original topic. It’s kinda like taking a tangled mess of string and
unraveling it. I will admit, I sometimes will get lost and instead of
unraveling, that string gets knotted. He’s been doing this for as long as I’ve
known him.
Now, for the revelation. I realize, after all
these years, my brain has taken up this habit of rambling—silently, in my head—but
what I didn’t realize is that I am doing this out loud now. It happened while
we were watching a movie and it started when I recognized a character then it went
to other movies/shows I had seen him in and then it went to who he had been
married to…and then, it went to other movies this actor wasn’t even in! I know!
What the heck!!!?!?
It’s also showing up in my writing, which is
probably why I consider myself a puzzler (not a pantster or a plotter…yes, I do
write out plot points but there’s no big outline). I write the scenes as they
come to me then puzzle them together. So far, that has worked for me, but
today, when I sat down to write, I found two places where I had already written
the scene…it was just further along in the story. Good grief! All the words,
not once, but twice.
The obvious conclusion? There isn’t one…except
I’m rambling! And it seems to be taking over. Does anyone know of a cure?
And on that note, I’m going to open my current
WIP, which is The Madam and Mr. MacLean, and see if I can’t stay focused and
not ramble (or repeat myself). Stay well! Stay safe! And remember to spread
kindness wherever you go!
Marie
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