This is one of a series of posts answering some questions about a life of blogging that started (I believe) via Tom Woodward, (maybe via this blogger) but that I first saw via Alan L, Sarah H and Martin W through a renewed push to return back to blogging spaces and away from corporate social media platforms. I am breaking down the series of questions into different blog posts.
When do you feel most inspired to write?
I am a morning writer, for sure. I get up, my head often filled with poems or songs or something that I have been mulling over, or about, or trying to puzzle into place, and after making my morning cup of coffee, and walking the dog, I settle into my routine of first, writing a poem (often via haiku prompts from Mastodon, then check in on the DS106 Daily Create for some sort of make/remix, and then I am often here, on my blog, poking away at my keyboard, working on something.
What I have found over the years is that my morning writing routine settles me into my day, making me feel productive even if the poems or the Creates are done quick and crappy. I still feel as if I have made something of the quiet time. The chaos of the world is held at by, if only temporarily. I know my teaching day is on the horizon but it’s still a bit distant when I am in writing mode.
After about an hour or so (more on the weekends), I close up my laptop and start my other routines, and yet often while I am packing my lunch, or driving to school, or in my classroom before the bell rings and my students arrive, some of that morning writing filters back into my mind, and I am often mentally revising things, re-arranging words, considering new angles .. and if something really sticks, as soon as I get home at the end of the school day, I am going back in and making some changes.
If I don’t, I risk waking up in the night, with those revisions dancing in my head.
Peace (the writer),
Kevin
Hi Kevin, I’m reading all your posts about blogging– they’re a great example of why we write.
I always smile at the byline: “If you don’t live it, it won’t come out your horn.” If you don’t write it, your life’s melody flitters away in the wind.
This post– your morning routine, a time for yourself [and dog] to clear the mind for a good rest of the day– is important for people to note. Awaken, sort, create, move on with already haven given the world something better, no matter what the rest of the day is like.
Thanks for sharing your answers to the blogging questions.