That's really interesting, Lawrence. And I agree. Those moments of inspiration are very special. And I find inspiration doesn't always happen when I'm at my desk. So I use the 'ho hum' times at the desk doing the other aspects of writing - which I find important - the editing the checking; typos, grammar, relevance, layout and formatting…
That's really interesting, Lawrence. And I agree. Those moments of inspiration are very special. And I find inspiration doesn't always happen when I'm at my desk. So I use the 'ho hum' times at the desk doing the other aspects of writing - which I find important - the editing the checking; typos, grammar, relevance, layout and formatting. Research, too. And hope the notes of ideas occurring at other times are good enough to work with. It's complicated at times, isn't it?
Thank you for your comment on this. For me, at the desk inspiration just doesn’t happen. The inspirations just happens to me during “regular” life experiences. They are like pop ups of feelings that seem to actually drag me to start writing them. So normally (not all the time) I write as a man possessed with lots to get out before it passes into oblivion. Yes it does get complicated and sometimes overwhelming. I have literally dozens of poems that are unpublished and lying in the cracks and corners of my many devices. I am going to get them together (I think) once I get my current project done. I will be announcing it soon to all the subscribers. It is a major undertaking. I am compiling 38 of my SubStack posts with the comments into a book. The formatting and transfer of the comment threads is a nightmare. I have worked out how to do it and have 5 posts done so far. I literally got a cramp in my mouse hand last night from working on it. Anyway I will be sending something out soon to announce it and get feedback on it. I don’t think anyone has done this before. And I may lose my mind before it is done.. it is terminally boring work but it is turning out really nice. So… nice to talk to someone who writes and understands the process of writing.
That's really interesting, Lawrence. And I agree. Those moments of inspiration are very special. And I find inspiration doesn't always happen when I'm at my desk. So I use the 'ho hum' times at the desk doing the other aspects of writing - which I find important - the editing the checking; typos, grammar, relevance, layout and formatting. Research, too. And hope the notes of ideas occurring at other times are good enough to work with. It's complicated at times, isn't it?
Thank you for your comment on this. For me, at the desk inspiration just doesn’t happen. The inspirations just happens to me during “regular” life experiences. They are like pop ups of feelings that seem to actually drag me to start writing them. So normally (not all the time) I write as a man possessed with lots to get out before it passes into oblivion. Yes it does get complicated and sometimes overwhelming. I have literally dozens of poems that are unpublished and lying in the cracks and corners of my many devices. I am going to get them together (I think) once I get my current project done. I will be announcing it soon to all the subscribers. It is a major undertaking. I am compiling 38 of my SubStack posts with the comments into a book. The formatting and transfer of the comment threads is a nightmare. I have worked out how to do it and have 5 posts done so far. I literally got a cramp in my mouse hand last night from working on it. Anyway I will be sending something out soon to announce it and get feedback on it. I don’t think anyone has done this before. And I may lose my mind before it is done.. it is terminally boring work but it is turning out really nice. So… nice to talk to someone who writes and understands the process of writing.