I read and write together. Like I’ll read a few pages from a novel, get inspired, and then start writing, and then go back to reading.
I mostly write on my phone using a trifold Bluetooth keyboard. I also do longhand in notebooks or legal pads. I bought the same brand of legal pads they use at my job so I can write covertly when I have to.
I read/write at work when I have downtime and also during lunch. Weekends I tend to wake up and walk to a cafe or a park and get some reading/writing done.
Lately I’ve been waking up early in the morning due to troubled sleep, which is when I tend to start or complete the daily prompt poems we do on the server.
Writing/reading sessions tend to be 15-60 minutes before I pack up and move on to another location or activity.
Writing has become the main way I process emotions since moving to Philly and being more isolated. Going through a lot of stress or other emotions prompts a lot of writing— I don’t feel comfortable just sitting and watching tv. Literature also feels like the primary way I can get ahead in life so when I feel the need to boost my standing my instinct pushes me towards writing. Also getting more sober lead to writing/ attending readings as an alternative to getting high.
Writer’s retreat seems like a very achievable goal and you deserve it, get those pieces moving into place 🫡🫡
I feel ya in re: writing retreats. They sound so idyllic but the cost and taking time off work always gives me hesitation. One day when I don't have to wory about such things, I will do one; so that would be never - haha...awww.
I need at least an hour or an hour and a half to get some good writing down. I've been lackadaisical the last few weeks, though. Motivational forces are an issue
I read and write together. Like I’ll read a few pages from a novel, get inspired, and then start writing, and then go back to reading.
I mostly write on my phone using a trifold Bluetooth keyboard. I also do longhand in notebooks or legal pads. I bought the same brand of legal pads they use at my job so I can write covertly when I have to.
I read/write at work when I have downtime and also during lunch. Weekends I tend to wake up and walk to a cafe or a park and get some reading/writing done.
Lately I’ve been waking up early in the morning due to troubled sleep, which is when I tend to start or complete the daily prompt poems we do on the server.
Writing/reading sessions tend to be 15-60 minutes before I pack up and move on to another location or activity.
Writing has become the main way I process emotions since moving to Philly and being more isolated. Going through a lot of stress or other emotions prompts a lot of writing— I don’t feel comfortable just sitting and watching tv. Literature also feels like the primary way I can get ahead in life so when I feel the need to boost my standing my instinct pushes me towards writing. Also getting more sober lead to writing/ attending readings as an alternative to getting high.
Writer’s retreat seems like a very achievable goal and you deserve it, get those pieces moving into place 🫡🫡
I feel ya in re: writing retreats. They sound so idyllic but the cost and taking time off work always gives me hesitation. One day when I don't have to wory about such things, I will do one; so that would be never - haha...awww.
I need at least an hour or an hour and a half to get some good writing down. I've been lackadaisical the last few weeks, though. Motivational forces are an issue