Well, maybe not an
addiction, but we are unable to see past our noses when it comes to priorities.
Okay, maybe it’s almost the same thing. We wake up, grab a coffee—a giant
coffee, and dash to our computers. Have the characters survived without us?
What will happen to them if we don’t give them our immediate attention? You can
almost hear them calling your name!
It is so very easy to
get completely engrossed in our characters’ journeys. In the twists and turns
that will become a wonderful plot. And, in doing so, we forget what we’re
about.
So, yes. We are
addicted to writing. And just when we think we might be able to beat this
weight on our backs, the voices in our heads start again, and off we go like a
horse at the gate!
For those feeling a tad
down on us about it, remember that many are also addicted to their church
activities. So come back to earth with the rest of us. C’mon. Be honest. Most
of us have some activity for which we have little discipline. A writer’s vice
is pretty obvious as supper burns while a plot thickens instead of the pudding.
We live vicariously
through our characters’ lives. We help them create havoc, fall in love, whimper
and sigh, growl and bark. And even commit murder. But we are there with them.
Side by side with some of the sweetest, some of the smarmiest, some of the most
evil and distraught people who will ever live…so-called.
And then something
traumatic happens in our own lives. We find our characters aren’t as important
as, well…life. We are kept from our keyboards. Withdrawal. Help! Sometimes it even drives you crazy!!!
Then life resolves, and
we move on. We return to the land of imagination and live, once again, with
wonderfully created people.
Ah, the wonderful writer’s
life. A mind that twists and turns, imaging the worst in every situation. Unexpected
romance. One crazy idea weaving and bobbing into another. Yes, such an
addiction, I don’t ever want an intervention. I’ll take it. Live with it.
Explore it. Embrace it.
How about you?
8 comments:
Me too! No intervention for me either. I'm always saying that God and my writing are the reasons why I'm halfway sane.
I totally get it!
Ha, that's why I love hanging out with you all. You help make me look 'normal'. Grin!
Yup, we have to take what we can get, right? LOL
Writing does come from rather bizarre minds. Who thinks this stuff up, anyway???
I find it fascinating when the characters seem to go off in their own direction and I have to run to keep up with them.
Me, too. That's always a great writing day. LOL
I only wish I could write first thing in the morning. That's my dream! Someday! At least I am learning to like coffee. A little. Cappuccino is coffee, right? Right? Love my new Keurig!
oh, yes
Keurig. My husband's fave. And you can call anything that has a tad of coffee in it...coffee! Even with flavors. LOL
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