I have found sometimes that my best and deepest profound writings often come to me when I'm up late, in the solitude of my own peacefulness. No sounds, nothing. A fan blowing, and a small light on with my laptop is often the best time to write. I saved myself until just now to write this entry, it's exactly 1:56 in the morning, and I did this because I wanted you to be able to compare to the diet coke ramblings of the supposed "genius" I consider myself to be during the day. I'm kinda like Superman.
A mild mannered funny blogger by day.
A deep insightful blogger by night.
But most of all, I do it for myself. I find that writing soothes whatever issues I am having at that moment. I don't even have to write about those issues. I've found that if I just plain WRITE, I will start focusing on my writing and not on the issues, and they go away. Sure, probably not the healthiest way to deal with them, much like drinking for pain or cutting for pleasure, but it certainly is a nice way to get some quick and easy stress relief.
I also sound smarter the later it gets, because of the cleared head with nothing going on inside it (which apparently many believe I have ALL THE TIME), I find it easier to concentrate and make a good argument or statement. Usually I find my arguments and statements to be pretty well thought out and organized, but here I can use big smart words, like "THE" and "BALL", and I sound....well, like 2ND grader actually, but whatever.
My point is this. If you're going to write, write at night, it makes you sound smarter.
I don't know it is, maybe the no distractions, but whatever it is, it works.
That or shock therapy.
M@RK
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