Finding The Time To Write
After a lengthy break from writing, over two months now, I have finally found enough spare time on my hands to get back to writing.
After posting new articles and poetry pieces on a regular basis it seems like such a long time since my last post here. Most budding writers, and published authors too, find that it is often a great challenge to set aside that all important block of time to devote strictly and uninterupted to writing. This is especially so when one is juggling time to devote to family and gainful employment as well.
There are so many distractions in today's busy lifestyle that can run interference with a writer's creative endeavors. Spending quality time with family is a paramount consideration and it is no walk in the park finding that all-so-important time away from the office and computer to share quantity and/or quality time with a partner, children, relatives and friends.
I have now survived another holiday season over Christmas and New Year's and the associated pleasures and stresses of this time of year and it's high time to get back to a rythym, allowing the creative juices to flow once more and create poetic works and articles that will amaze and inspire!
When writing is not yet a full-time vocation the challenges of finding enough time to produce quality writing are many. Sometimes it's better to take that break, albeit not too long, to take care of important matters, family first, and get back to writing when the time is right and you're feeling refreshed and inspired. It's like riding a bike!
The key is not to be overly anxious about time lapses between writing sessions. It is far more important to write a quality piece that it is to crank out volumes of useless dialogue that will put the reader to sleep....unless you're writing a manual for the sleep deprived (another writer's affliction).
So snap to it! Dust off the keyboard and get busy. May the inkwell never run dry!
Don MacIver
author, Journeys In Verse
Visit the authors wesite: http://www.apoetsview.org
After posting new articles and poetry pieces on a regular basis it seems like such a long time since my last post here. Most budding writers, and published authors too, find that it is often a great challenge to set aside that all important block of time to devote strictly and uninterupted to writing. This is especially so when one is juggling time to devote to family and gainful employment as well.
There are so many distractions in today's busy lifestyle that can run interference with a writer's creative endeavors. Spending quality time with family is a paramount consideration and it is no walk in the park finding that all-so-important time away from the office and computer to share quantity and/or quality time with a partner, children, relatives and friends.
I have now survived another holiday season over Christmas and New Year's and the associated pleasures and stresses of this time of year and it's high time to get back to a rythym, allowing the creative juices to flow once more and create poetic works and articles that will amaze and inspire!
When writing is not yet a full-time vocation the challenges of finding enough time to produce quality writing are many. Sometimes it's better to take that break, albeit not too long, to take care of important matters, family first, and get back to writing when the time is right and you're feeling refreshed and inspired. It's like riding a bike!
The key is not to be overly anxious about time lapses between writing sessions. It is far more important to write a quality piece that it is to crank out volumes of useless dialogue that will put the reader to sleep....unless you're writing a manual for the sleep deprived (another writer's affliction).
So snap to it! Dust off the keyboard and get busy. May the inkwell never run dry!
Don MacIver
author, Journeys In Verse
Visit the authors wesite: http://www.apoetsview.org
posted by Don MacIver at
11:12 p.m.
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