Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Tue, Jun 16 2009
When sensory deprivation is a good thing
It's a good thing writing is second nature to writers. There are a million things that distract during a working session. People return the phone calls that we made at other times, bladders and bowels demand evacuation, cute domestic and wild animals demand attention, delivery people come to the door, flies get in and then annoy us by buzzing at the window to try to get back out, Jehovah's Witnesses approach with the best of intentions, stomachs growl for food, mouths dry out and need water, neighbor kids ring the doorbell to ask us to throw their ball back over the fence, sleepiness hits, speeders roar down the road outside our offices, printers run out of paper and computer mice run out of battery power. The pull to write has to be almost an addiction at times in order to make it trump everything else that creeps into our senses and our concentration. We're told by people who care about us that we spend too much time sitting alone in a room and are in danger of being isolated without stimulation. Trust me. There are days when a bit less stimulation and a little more alone time would be a welcome change.
posted at: 17:47 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
It's a good thing writing is second nature to writers. There are a million things that distract during a working session. People return the phone calls that we made at other times, bladders and bowels demand evacuation, cute domestic and wild animals demand attention, delivery people come to the door, flies get in and then annoy us by buzzing at the window to try to get back out, Jehovah's Witnesses approach with the best of intentions, stomachs growl for food, mouths dry out and need water, neighbor kids ring the doorbell to ask us to throw their ball back over the fence, sleepiness hits, speeders roar down the road outside our offices, printers run out of paper and computer mice run out of battery power. The pull to write has to be almost an addiction at times in order to make it trump everything else that creeps into our senses and our concentration. We're told by people who care about us that we spend too much time sitting alone in a room and are in danger of being isolated without stimulation. Trust me. There are days when a bit less stimulation and a little more alone time would be a welcome change.
posted at: 17:47 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
