Write When You Hate Kevin Whipps

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Write When You Hate

There are all these bullshit quotes that get sent to my inbox all the time, usually said by great writers and sent by horrible ones. Today though, one came through that actually struck a chord, so I took a pause and thought about it.

Of course, I can?t recall the exact quote, but it went something like this:

?You?re never going to get paid to be a writer unless you can learn to write when you don?t want to.?

Now I read this line when I wasn?t working. Instead, I was goofing off and doing something I probably shouldn?t have been doing ? certainly not being productive. And I thought to myself, ?I don?t want to write right now. I should probably go write.? And that?s how this post came to be.

Fact is, I often try to hide behind the creative persona, in that I?m only able to be creative when I?m in my zone or when the moon aligns with Mars or some shit like that. It?s one of the lies that I tell myself, even though every day I put fingers to the keyboard and type out something that might make a difference someday. Whether it?s about something banal and medical, or a local person doing different things in the community, there?s work to be done, and I have to do it. I don?t get paid if I don?t do it, so it doesn?t matter if Mars aligns with Uranus, I?ve got to get to work.

Hehe. Uranus.

That said, there are some times when my head just doesn?t work. It?s not writer?s block (I?ve already ranted about that), it?s just that my head isn?t really working for any reason. I could be installing plumbing in a house, it?s still not going to work correctly. And when those times happen, I have to shift gears and do something completely different.

I?ve had lots of those moments as of late, and I can attribute them to both stress and a lack of sleep ? a dangerous combo if there ever was one. I?ve been waking up at 5 am every day for the past month or so, which would be fine, but I?m getting to bed at 11pm, sometimes 12am. Getting just five hours of sleep isn?t cutting it, so I switched to 6am. Even though that plays a bit of havoc with my wife?s job, she?s short-timing it right now, and really doesn?t care if she?s late.

When I?m only getting five hours, I start my day off pretty well, but it?s around 1pm that everything hits the fan. I get back from lunch and the day just slows to a crawl, with other things taking priority over the important stuff, like writing. It?s incredibly frustrating, because sometimes I know I have a ton to do, but it?s just not moving right. I hate it. That?s when I have to push through and just write.

Speaking of, I should probably get some work done. Here?s to pushing on through.

Source: http://www.kevinwhipps.com/2012/10/11/write-when-you-hate/

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