Once in a while the need to write grows and grows and grows, until it overtakes whatever ideas or machinery or habits I have that stand in the way of writing. Then, sometimes, I write. Like now. But not always. Most often I solve it the easy way: by finding a way to keep on not writing. To do that I have to contend with the parts of me that want to write. They can get quite upset with their lot, and with me. I've evolved strategies for dealing with them. But periodically those strategies break down.
Blogging in bursts
Blogging in bursts
Blogging in bursts
Once in a while the need to write grows and grows and grows, until it overtakes whatever ideas or machinery or habits I have that stand in the way of writing. Then, sometimes, I write. Like now. But not always. Most often I solve it the easy way: by finding a way to keep on not writing. To do that I have to contend with the parts of me that want to write. They can get quite upset with their lot, and with me. I've evolved strategies for dealing with them. But periodically those strategies break down.