Writing

When life throws curve balls at us, it can disrupt our writing schedule. When I write, it often happens in spurts–when I feel the call to write. Or when I’m working on a project, such as a novel, do I implement a schedule to finish it all the way through.

Sometimes writing isn’t so much about adding to a draft as it is jotting down ideas. Or it could be planning out the events of a story, or thinking up names for the characters. There are other forms of writing we do that we don’t take much notice of but are stepping stones to a final product.

But sticking with writing is a challenge I’ve faced many a times because of all the disruptions that have occurred either externally or internally. It could be that I have too many things to do, or that I’m not motivated or don’t know what to write about. In place of writing, I will sometimes visualize things, such as scenes for a story, or I will hear the dialogue between the characters as if they are already printed on the page.

Writing is just the last phase of putting those thoughts and visions down onto paper. They first must form in the mind, and once we deem them worthy enough to record, do we write them down.