Saturday, May 26, 2012

Disquiet...


According to Dictionary.com the noun usage means: lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness. I am feeling disquiet now. I’ve been feeling it for a couple of weeks.

In my experience, this feeling indicates one of three things; either over-analysis of something in the past, a certainty that change is in the wind or finally, that a story is about to spring forth.  Since my life is pretty simple at present, I’m certain this time that it is the coming of a tale, or more than one this time, I think.

Besides the uneasiness, I’ve had characters knocking about in my head, laying lines of dialog on me, clarifying their personas and introducing new characters to me as if they were standing outside the front door all the time, waiting to be invited inside. There’s been a cocktail party of epic proportions going on up there. Unfortunately, the cigarette smoke is getting to me. I think the core group of characters are about to kick-out the hangers-on and get down to business with me. In fact, I’m fairly certain the disquiet will lift in the morning, when I’ve vowed to sit down in front of my laptop, not log onto any social media sites, not read any email and start to pound the keys.

I love that word – disquiet. It is so completely descriptive of what I feel at times like this. I especially love it when the condition leaves me and I’m taken over by stillness of the mind. Tomorrow, when I’ve dumped all this cacophony onto virtual paper, the silence will surround me and I can give the characters what they want; a fleshing out, a disquiet of their own, which eventually will be resolved.

8 comments:

  1. I love that word too! I really enjoyed reading about your experience of disquiet when a story is coming to you. Interesting because I experience disquiet too but under other circumstances: when I've already written the first draft and need to edit it. At that point characters come knocking around in my brain, vying for attention, asking for more, more! And I hesitate and wonder how much rope I should give them...
    A very disquieting experience! Thanks for sharing yours!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, Claude and sharing your feelings of disquiet. It is such a disturbing state unless you recognize what's happening.

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  2. I love this word, and how you both have discribed it. Thank you both for sharing, and, Kathy I can't wait to read what comes of this 'disquiet' time. :-) have a wonderful day.

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    1. I stopped by just to see what comments there were and that's the extend of my interaction today online! I'm off to get my coffee and then I'm rocking and rolling on one of 4 WIPs. See you soon!

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  3. I love your description of that pre-birth period of a novel. I call it antsy, not nearly as lovely as disquiet. My southern husband calls it the "cain't help its." What can I say. Always good yo hear what you're up to.

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    1. Oh, I'm so happy to hear that others have this "stirring" - I am not alone!

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  4. Don't let the cark disturb you. Your muse is pushing for attention and you should yield to him-- I assume he is a he.

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    1. Of course not! Her name is Shirley - silly boy! LOL - thanks for the advice. I gave in yesterday and devoted the day to one of my WIPs.

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