As writers, we constantly refuel our tanks. To do so, we live life. Sometimes that involves jumping in and
doing spontaneous things. Other
times, we take a more cautious approach, sitting back and observing the actions
of others. Writers tend to be deep
thinkers. No, this doesn’t mean
everything that bobbles around our heads is a precious bit of information
capable of redefining others’ lives.
By deep thinker, I mean that we writers constantly analyze
things. We want to know how things
affect others. We’re driven to
sift and resift through experiences we’ve had to find just the right angle of
understanding.
Taking these little jaunts down memory land can oft bubble
up emotions we’d rather leave untouched.
But we don’t. We
can’t. We’re writers. As such, we’re used to getting down in
the muck. Rolling around in
it. Why? Because we need to
know exactly how that muck feels as it coats us in its sliminess. How it makes us…feel.
Allowing ourselves the freedom to get down in the muck and
experience all it has to offer affords writers with a treasure trope of
information, sensations, emotions, etc from which we draw upon to enhance our
writing. Helps make it more
tangible. Something others can
relate to. Empathize with.
Though refueling our tanks may not always be pleasant, as
writers, we know that to let those tanks deplete below a certain point can
adversely affect our writing. It
can stymie our creative process, causing it to dry up, leaving a wasteland of
writer’s block in its wake. And
so, we writers constantly refuel our tanks.
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