Superstitions

A few months ago I was hanging out with friends, all writer/English major friends and my friend David wanted to tell us about a book he wants to write. Before he could get a word out, Kelly told us all that there is a superstition in writing that if you tell someone about something you want to write before you write it you won't be able to write it, that you will lose interest in it. At the time I didn't think twice about this superstition, I even went as far as thwarting it, telling them that David already told me about the project and that if he still wanted to write it the superstition must be false. Well, then I started to write my next book, a book that I had told about half a dozen people the plot and where the book was going. I got about twenty pages into writing it and then got stuck. I tried going at it from different angles, taking a break, but I still found myself stuck. So for now I put that book away and started on a new book. Now, this is a book I never thought I could write. I didn't think I knew enough about the subject matter, or that I could get it right. Then, I heard this line, just one line, on a TV show, and everything just clicked. I knew then that I had to write this book. I wrote down the idea for the book my idea notebook. Then, I started thinking more about this book, the characters, the plot, what was going to happen, everything and I just couldn't stop. Finally I started writing the book actually free handing it, then typing every chapter or so. It is going so well, I haven't been stuck once, I keep adding twists and turns in I didn't think I would, and such. I can't believe how well it is going. But back to the superstition, I haven't told a soul about the plot of this book or really talked about it to anyone. Now I don't know if it is all in my head and that I just really got stuck on the previous book or if the superstition is actually real. Tell me what you think.