Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "sleep"
Unsung Writers' Neccessity
Dictionaries, computers and other physical things are very necessary to the writer. Even a good imagination and vocabulary are necessary attributes.
There is one necessity no one really thinks about until it is missing.
Sleep.
Writers love to joke about staying up drinking strong coffee. Except it isn't a joke.
The mind feels like lead. The eyes stare, refuse to focus then go blank. Words become disjointed items signifying little or nothing.
The body is numb. Walking takes focus and determination. Fingers become clumsy or clumsier than usual.
Sitting at the computer gamely trying to complete just one more sentence suddenly becomes a jerking upright with the keyboard embedded in the forehead. Time has taken a sudden leap.
Maybe it is time to take a nap.
Writing requires an alert mind. An alert mind requires sleep, the unsung writers' necessity.
There is one necessity no one really thinks about until it is missing.
Sleep.
Writers love to joke about staying up drinking strong coffee. Except it isn't a joke.
The mind feels like lead. The eyes stare, refuse to focus then go blank. Words become disjointed items signifying little or nothing.
The body is numb. Walking takes focus and determination. Fingers become clumsy or clumsier than usual.
Sitting at the computer gamely trying to complete just one more sentence suddenly becomes a jerking upright with the keyboard embedded in the forehead. Time has taken a sudden leap.
Maybe it is time to take a nap.
Writing requires an alert mind. An alert mind requires sleep, the unsung writers' necessity.
