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<\/a><\/p>\nWriting is hard work, even when it looks like loafing.\u00a0 I often sit and gaze into space. Or fiddle with a pen and a pad of paper, making silly doodles or jotting down a word or a phrase. Or open a book or magazine to read, and end up simply staring at the page. Sometimes I even watch the tube or listen to the radio without absorbing a word.<\/p>\n
When I do these things, I’m working–I swear! Creativity requires lots of daydreaming and thinking. What-if, could it be done, is it possible, how and where, who and why<\/em>–these are the stuff of which stories are made.<\/p>\n At the moment, I’m busy editing a book, whipping it into shape for publication. I’m spending countless hours every day making the story as good as I am capable of making it. This process also requires serious thinking and focus, but at this stage, at least for me, most of my thinking happens at the computer.<\/p>\n But soon enough, I’ll be back to looking very much like a goof-off.\u00a0 Now you know the truth–I’ll actually be hard at work.<\/p>\n Until next time, Follow me on Sign up for my newsletter:
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