So, I posted this question the other day on G+ and got a lot
of responses, so I thought I would put it up here and see if I got a similar
response, but first, a little back story.
I often find it hard to write, not because I don’t have ideas, but
becasue I simply am not in the right mood.
I can always write, but to write well, and to especially start a new
project, I find that I have to be in certain mood to do it.
What kind of mood you ask? Well, to be honest, in a nutshell
a bad mood. Now, I am not saying that I
need to mad or wholly depressed, though I have produced good work that
way. I feel I need to be in a funk,
somewhere between depressed and happy.
If I’m too depressed then I don’t put a lot of effort becasue I don’t
care. If I’m too happy I usually can’t
concentrate very well. When I’m in my
writing mood I tend to be a lot more thoughtful and contemplative, which for
me, produced the best results.
So, how many of the rest of you great writers out there have
a similair mood with which you write in, or does this make me sound weird, and
a little nutty. I’d like to know, it interests
me how the rest of you get your worlds and ideas from your imagination to the
pages.
