Emily C.A. Snyder
Typically, I think about housework I should be doing and VOILA! Wouldn't it be nice to *write?*
Seriously, though, the impetus to write, to create is never far off. But it's important to recognize the phases of the brain when you're gestating a project. There are books that demand to be written RIGHT NOW. And those you're going to stay up late for and labor to get out. And then you'll find that you need to let it simmer for a while. It won't *feel* like "work," but I truly do believe that the subconscious takes in all sorts of things that feed the work without you necessarily realizing it. Then, when everything's ready again, you'll feel the urge to push and you make the time to do it.
It's that old saw: Invention is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.
Seriously, though, the impetus to write, to create is never far off. But it's important to recognize the phases of the brain when you're gestating a project. There are books that demand to be written RIGHT NOW. And those you're going to stay up late for and labor to get out. And then you'll find that you need to let it simmer for a while. It won't *feel* like "work," but I truly do believe that the subconscious takes in all sorts of things that feed the work without you necessarily realizing it. Then, when everything's ready again, you'll feel the urge to push and you make the time to do it.
It's that old saw: Invention is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.
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