Sometimes the wrong bear comes out of the cave

A while back I was talking about creativity and Abba. The composers in the group said that song writing was like a hunter waiting outside a cave for a bear to come out. You just had to hang around until an idea appeared and then make sure that you grab it.

I agree with this way of looking at it. For the last few days I’ve been working Chapter 6 of my book. Then today I discovered that what I’ve actually been working on is Chapter 7. All the content works well, but I’ve got a chapter ahead of myself.

Sometimes it seems that the wrong bear comes out of the cave. Now I’m waiting for the “Chapter 6 bear” to arrive……