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Fannish Friday: Creative Timing
Sep. 1st, 2023 09:41 amHas there been a time in your life when you've just been bubbling over with creative energy and been more prolific than usual? A time when you wrote or drew or edited vids all the time? And if so, can you put a finger on what made that time so productive for you? I'd be interested in hearing about it whether it was fannish in nature or if you were creating original works--either is great!
For me, the two times in my life when I have been ridiculously productive as a writer were when I was still in school (middle school, high school, and the gen ed portions of college) and then later when I had a data entry job where I worked so fast that I could spend at least two or so hours of the workday writing and still exceed all my quotas.
The unifying factor: both times I was stuck at a desk in a situation where I couldn't read or browse the internet and where I wasn't being mentally stimulated. In school, I wrote longhand in notebooks--so many notebooks! At work, I wrote in Word docs that I emailed to myself and then deleted. I could get away with writing because no one expected me to be doing it and no one could tell that I wasn't taking notes or working. And writing, as I discovered then, begat more writing--it all built on itself. My mind came alive.
This is clearly The Way to get me to write extensively. This is also not replicable in my current life because I have a job I actually like and have to pay attention to. It's sad knowing I'll probably never been in a situation like that again. Nowadays, writing is both enjoyable but also laborious, and I'm often too tired to do it. I miss those halcyon days of writingwritingwriting all the time!
What about y'all?
For me, the two times in my life when I have been ridiculously productive as a writer were when I was still in school (middle school, high school, and the gen ed portions of college) and then later when I had a data entry job where I worked so fast that I could spend at least two or so hours of the workday writing and still exceed all my quotas.
The unifying factor: both times I was stuck at a desk in a situation where I couldn't read or browse the internet and where I wasn't being mentally stimulated. In school, I wrote longhand in notebooks--so many notebooks! At work, I wrote in Word docs that I emailed to myself and then deleted. I could get away with writing because no one expected me to be doing it and no one could tell that I wasn't taking notes or working. And writing, as I discovered then, begat more writing--it all built on itself. My mind came alive.
This is clearly The Way to get me to write extensively. This is also not replicable in my current life because I have a job I actually like and have to pay attention to. It's sad knowing I'll probably never been in a situation like that again. Nowadays, writing is both enjoyable but also laborious, and I'm often too tired to do it. I miss those halcyon days of writingwritingwriting all the time!
What about y'all?
