My recent posts on the challenges of being a writer who cannot find the time to write got me thinking. Particularly, as I contemplated my writer’s journal, a certain reality hit me.
Which is this: I have the notebook as a tool to allow me to write about my ideas during those free moments – those little five or ten or fifteen minute moments – that pop up even during a busy day. And I do have those moments – maybe not every day, but several times a week. And yet, I don’t spend those moments the way I’d like… I don’t write in my notebook.
Is it because I have no ideas I want to write about? Certainly not! I have several story ideas that I want to flesh out and prepare for when I have more substantial writing time. I have novel projects to work on, and short story ideas to contemplate. And yet, more often than not, I write nothing about these? Why is that?
I believe I know the answer.
The simple fact is, creativity is a limited, finite resource. Continue reading
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