Midday Writing and Rhyming

Midday writing is not necessarily writing at its best, but I sometimes find that it is writing from the heart. At certain times of the day my mind wanders to different types of writing and how these are a reflection of ourselves. For example I have a habit of writing doggerel at points when I don't know what else to write - a times like these rhyming stuff, even if it is rubbish has a comforting feel. Doggerel you might say is my writing dummy (or comforter depending on which side of the pond you live). Some months back I wrote a piece about grandmothers and grandchildren. At the time I had a housefull of kids and a deadline to meet, my only defence against the onslaught (I have to say that I don't discourage them from turning up during school holidays) and the looming deadline was to put it into rhyme - which probably sparked a later post on whether I was a writer or just a nutcase. Never mind midday has a strange effect on me sometimes

Writing Time

If you write for a living as I do then you are probably thinking that writing time is all the time - and yes it is, but I suppose I am talking about the kind of writing you might do for yourself. When your writing time is mostly taken up by concerns about earning enough to pay the bills well then you are not writing for yourself you are writing for a paymaster. Not that professional writing is not good - I wouldn't do it if I didn't like writing - but it is not always the fun occupation that you think writing should be.

When the majority of your writing time is aimed at making money then there can be a tendency to worry more about the number of words you are using as opposed to the quality of those words. For example if you write a poem then you have to have a measured number of words to provide the metre of the poem but you also need to have the right kind of words to express your thoughts. In order to keep your professional writing as fresh as possible it sometimes pays to take time out and write the stuff that is fun.