The Race
By LMReviews on Mar 31, 2009 in Multicultural Writing, Writing/Freelancing
Like a timed test or a marathon, the production side of writing can really get your heart pumping and your head pounding as your breath quickens. As you push past your limits, your endurance builds and your writing muscle strengthens. Along the way, there’s a mental and physical exhaustion that others only experience on the track or the treadmill.
When you’re done or finally override the writer’s auto-pilot command, you’re exhausted, convinced that you must be some kind of masochist. Yet, even when you think you can’t write another word, ideas keep streaming in and your fingers keep tapping the keys while the rest of your body is held captive to the writing urge that overpowers everything else.
All too familiar with the writing droughts never seem to end, you ride the writing flood until wave thins out again.
