#10 - Should Writers Write Every Single Day? - Comments

@ DarkestStorm

Wow Amber, your comment is so great that I have to read for a while.

And I adore people like you who have insights , and at the same time with good writing skills.

It's so fun to discuss, even debate with words.

I would warn you, get ready for a battle. :)

I am going to have a series of blogs talking about writing. Although they are all subjective and with faults, but I would do my best to make these blogs easy to read, clear and to the point.

Hope you can join the conversations, I am open to anything and you can express anything freely.

Thanks again, talk to you soon!

There is so much generalizing and assuming in this post, I don’t know where to start.

Plenty of “professionals” don’t write everyday, they don’t say it’s a habit, they don’t find it easy.

While I understand what this post is trying to say, I find it incredibly problematic, classist, ableist and privileged. This post is assuming all writers are able-bodied and without mental health issues which is obviously not true. There are people who physically and mentally cannot write everyday.

There are so many ways to write without doing the physical act, daydreaming, brainstorming scenarios, working things out in your head. It all counts.

Suggesting that writers must write everyday or they’re not “professionals” is so foolish. There are so, so many published authors, poets and other writers who ‘don’t’ write everyday and that’s okay.

It doesn’t make them a non”professional”, it doesn’t make them lazy, it definitely doesn’t mean they’re not serious about their craft.

Writers have lives, they have families and jobs and time to just relax. They should be able to take breaks without being told they ‘must’ be writing. If they’re out there writing books or poems and they’re doing great, whose business is it if they’ don’t write for a day or two or hell, a few months?

If a writer is working 9 to 5 on the daily to finance themselves and they can only write on the weekends, I’ll be damned if I tell them they aren’t writers or “professionals” just because ‘I’ believe they need to write more. Some authors have to carve out every sliver of time they can to write and no, it may not be everyday.

There shouldn’t be this “write, write, write!” mentality because it can be so harmful to writers.

If singers sing everyday, they can develop vocal issues from singing too much and straining their voices. There have been cancelled tours over this.

The exact same is true for writers as well, Roshani Chokshi (Amazing author) and Veronica Roth both suffered from wrist injuries I believe from writing so much. As did Tiffany D. Jackson (Amazing author).

Writers take breaks, when they don’t, they can get burn out. This whole “you must write every day or you’re not a professional (says who? Because even NYT bestseller authors have taken extensive breaks) needs to cease and desist. Not only is it so privileged to think everyone should write everyday, it’s pushing an unhealthy narrative. Writers aren’t a monolith, they can do whatever works for them, regardless if that’s writing every day or not.

I’ve taken several hiatuses in my fourteen years of writing, does it make me “not” serious about writing? No, it just means there were times in my life where I didn’t write. I’m still a writer, I’m still serious.

@ Iron Man.

Thanks H.

You are right.

People sometimes just be laze.

But I think that making conversation with others is one of the best ways to motivate you to write.

There are countless tutorials and articles to tell you how to overcome laziness, but none of them actually works well.

You have to make writing become a habit.

You write easily and freely.

You write you happy.

You do not you uncomfortable.

The more you write, the more stuff you want to write.

The good news is that there are millions of things in the world waiting for you to discover.

There is no excuse to say "I have nothing to write about".

If you love music, you can write a book about it, with 1000 pages.

So called "inspirational" would never lead you to anywhere.

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Just by thinking of what's going to happen to my characters, I count that as writing.

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I disagree with this.

What is in mind and what in the form of words are big different.

Not saying that your method is wrong.

I totally agree with you about "just jotting down ideas on a note-taking system".

You have to put your ideas into words. That makes your ideas more clear and more organized.

This is why some people, who are full of ideas , speak so poorly.

And I think that people should go to have debates or arguments with others, for no other reason than practicing our mind.

You comment is really insightful.

Thanks again, talk to you soon!

If you actually think about it, just jotting down ideas on a note-taking system on your phone or writing down a quote or something on a piece of paper for later. Even thinking of a scenario/idea is a form of writing. For me, in one way or another, I actually do write every day. Just by thinking of what's going to happen to my characters, I count that as writing. Though Writers really don't have to write every single day but if they want to keep from running out of ideas completely they could probably spend a few minutes jotting down that quick scene or idea that popped into their head and come back to it when they have the time or can make the time (which people actually have to make the tie to write instead of just saying, "I feel like writing, but I'm too lazy/too busy despite having an idea."

That's almost like a parent saying they want to spend time with their kids but can't because they're too busy doing something else. If a busy working parent can take about twenty minutes or half an hour out of their day to take their kids to get some ice cream or something, then someone who is wanting to write can definitely take at least a minute of their time to jot down the song that's giving them a little inspiration or when they're not busy at all and are feeling a bit lazy but still have the need to write then they can spend some time looking ideas, quotes, songs, prompts, etc that they collected over the work week and can try attempting to write for at least half an hour.

I've seen so many people say they feel like writing and are inspired but are too lazy too yet they stay on their electronic devices all day long. There are plenty of websites that offer tips on how to get back into writing and how to keep writing. There're even articles with tips posted here on Mibba in the tutorials and articles section of the site.