Writer's block or something

Many of you know that I am a frustrated writer. That's one reason I love my blog. I can write all I want to, about what I want to, for as long as I want to. It's good to be the queen. I have great plots, story lines, characters. Well, at least in my humble opinion I do. My problem is getting it on the paper.

I can't get the words on the paper fast enough. It would be alright if my fingers kept up with my mind. Then I get behind. And then I get frustrated because I can't keep up with myself. I should learn to type. There are all kinds of great programs out there. There's even a website that will give you so many lessons for free. You can repeat ones you've completed however many times you want. But I haven't done that yet.

The length of a real book intimidates me. If I can't get my fingers in line with my brain, I'll never complete a real book. I know it doesn't have to be 300 pages, but still. The thought of writing a full length novel, or even a 180 page book scares the stuffing out of me.

I get a story line stuck in my head and then the characters start to develop. I get attached and have to work their story out in my head. I try to think about why they are the way they are. Do they have trust issues, or mama issues, or whatever. But they don't leave my head until I work the whole thing out. I'll be driving down the road thinking about what they would do in a certain situation. How would they react to a certain catalyst? This process could take weeks. I had one I couldn't stop thinking about for 2 months.

I think I will try my hand at short stories. Just a few pages long and see if I can get something to start taking shape. There are a lot of magazines that print short stories, and several websites as well. You may see one taking shape here. That could be fun.

Maybe I can get these people out of my head. They're blocking the regular voices.