Tangent Control

When I'm writing its so much easier for me to organize my thoughts. When I'm speaking out loud I fall down into tangents endlessly. Telling a story on paper? Coherent.. Face to face? I might lose you halfway through trying to fill you in on things that I think might be important to the overall story but in actuality are not.

  So what's the solution? I don't know...I suppose try to get more to the point. Keep things succinct instead of winding and winding around, losing people in the labyrinth of my words.  I guess I need to think just a little bit more before I open my mouth instead of always winging it. Sometimes it seems like my mouth has a mind of its own, and I need to tame it.