Triond Writers Can Do It All Night
Are you an early bird or a night owl? When are you at your most creative and productive?
Sometimes I wonder if I am the only one tapping away on my keyboard in the small hours of the morning. I have always been a night owl, even through university. Some of my best essays and musical compositions were written after midnight and finished as the sun came up.
Some of us are at our most creative and productive at a time when other people would be sipping their cocoa and settling down for a good nights sleep. It is both a blessing and a curse – the phone doesn’t ring after midnight and it is certainly more peaceful but if you are trying to combine your writing with a full time day job then it is a terrible trap to fall into.
I wish I could fathom out why my strongest desire to write tends to begin as midnight approaches. I have always been an evening person and I used to think the hours I kept were fairly normal for an adult until one day in the office, I remarked on something that had happened around 2 am. The general reaction from my colleagues was “what on earth were you doing up at that time?”
Since I joined triond a few weeks ago, I have become addicted to reading articles, commenting on them and of course, writing my own. The more I read, the more I want to read. If I am really in the mood for writing and my creativity is bubbling over, then I have been known to stay up until 5 am.
Does anyone else out there ever get lost in the world of triond?
Things will have to change this week because I am back to work after the holidays and I will have to be firmer with myself about when to stop and go to bed. I should think of it as a diet with the mantra “a little bit of what you fancy does you good!” My diet will be a small portion of triond every day.
I guess that underneath it all is a desire that of us share – to write full time and give up the day job!
It is important however to ensure my day job doesn’t suffer as a result of this wonderful hobby but it’s difficult because since I joined triond a month ago, I just can’t seem to get enough.
I am putting the blame squarely at your door!
Yes you!
Because if it wasn’t for all the wonderful articles that you deliver here every day, I wouldn’t have anything to read!
So what time of day do you do it? Are you a night owl or a morning type? Or maybe an afternoon triond schmoozer?
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January 7th, 2009 at 7:04 am
Yes Triond is addictive! I tend to have an idea at about 3am just as I am nodding off!!
January 7th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
I feel the same way and yes, I tend to stay up every night until 3 or 4 am reading or writing. I am trying to catch up before school starts again.
January 9th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Hello! I am fairly new to Triond but already have had that I need more more feeling. I love reading all these articles as well. I write at crazy times of the day but am at my best always just as the sun rises in the sky. Great article. I truly am loving it here.
January 13th, 2009 at 10:28 am
I do most of my writing in the morning because I’ve usually pooped out by afternoon. But my mind will get buzzing around midnight, just as I’m getting ready to hit the sack, and will even keep me up when I’m trying to sleep. So I now keep a pen and a little notebook by my bed. I think that when you’re tired, the mind tends to relax and let stuff come to consciousness that you wouldn’t notice at a busier time. At least that’s my theory.