Omar Juma Professor, Rieman English-1101 Sept.

12, 2012

Writing to Explore Writers on Writing Have you ever been stuck in front of a writing assignment? Not because of the topic but because of your mood. Sometimes it is the mood or the place you are at which limit your creativity in writing. Each one of us professional or amateur writers got their own way of generating ideas when writing. I show when and where it best to write according to me, in addition to how different professional writers do write. According to a short video I watched on YouTube earlier, I found out that each writer have a special way to generate ideas. The title of the video was Book TV: Writers on Writing. I found out that I was not the only one with these weird factors involving the process of my writing. So I was fine. However, the video showed some professional writers who cant write when they want to which I found Interesting. Lets take Nell Irvin Painter for example, a writer who cant process when sitting in front of the computer. She is used to be relaxed to be able to generate ideas. She said that she would drink a cup of tea, sit in front of the window, and read the news before writing, which indicates being away from stress as far as possible. In contrast with P.J O'Rourke, who should be focusing on his writing task first thing in the morning. To him the best way to be creative

is to be stressed. He would wake up in the morning drink a cup of coffee and Go right to it as he said. He also stated that he will be in his best shape in 4 hours out of other 20 hours of noncreative thinking. This indicates that he prefer the process be strongly focused and prepare himself for the writing. To me, I tend to be more like Nell Irvin Painter. I will be more productive in writing when I am relaxed. How can I get the relaxation is a whole different thing. The most important thing that I do when writing and even studying I eat snacks. Even if I am full I eat snacks when I am writing. Another thing is that I need silence. With noises I cant deliver the requested. Before I start writing, I always have in mind that if I started this writing I will have to finish without pausing. It is not that I will not be able to compete it later, but I will be obsessed with what am I writing. I always had the idea of not to be finished with something means that Im not done yet, so I cant stop in the middle of the task. In short, there are a lot of differences in personalities and ways of thinking between us writers. Some are more creative than others. However, when we find best way of preparing for our writings, we will be able to use our brains to the maximum to be productive writer.