Blogging Insights 3.0 # 9 — Type of Writing

These days, what I most enjoy writing is anything if I am not already exhausted. This morning, before I even got to my computer, I had fed the birds, watered the plants on the deck and in the house, arranged for Garry and I to finish our dental work — and made chili for dinner Left the chili to simmer and by the time I was through with that, it was also time to make the Duke’s dinner. I hadn’t even opened the computer except to use the calendar to make appointments with the dentist.

I don’t do my best work when I’m tired. As the years pass, I get tired sooner and I am more tired by the afternoon than I used to be from a whole day’s work. Sometimes, when I’m done with all that other stuff, I don’t want to write. Just want to put my feet up and relax. That’s how come so much of my writing gets done very late at night since that’s when I realize I haven’t written anything. It’s also why it doesn’t look well-edited, probably because I’m too tired to focus on the page.

I like to write about real things, truth, concepts and possibilities. I like to explain things, which is probably why I was a good technical writer. Explaining things is comes naturally to me. I know I over-explain but it’s part of my package.

I enjoy character studies, digging into memories to recall the world as it was abd remember people and who they were. I’d rather write about people than things, but if it’s a camera, I enjoy talking about lenses and optics and all the little widgety things that are part of photography.

I like research. I don’t have the right kind of brain for plots or invented places, although I like reading about them. If I’m interested in anything, I will research it. I’m always curious and want to know more. Whatever I know is never enough. There’s always more to learn.

I’m not much of a travel writer. I’m less interested in places than people. While I love taking pictures of places, I want to talk — and write — about the people I met. I’m a very good — and extremely accurate — listener and can often parrot back exactly what someone said in the same words — and accent — they used. Funny how I can still do that because I can’t remember whether I took today’s medications or I’m remembering yesterday. Maybe if the pills talked to me, I’d remember them.

I think that puts me into — as far as writing goes — the 100% non-fiction category. I don’t even like mini-fiction. I can write it well enough I suppose, but I don’t enjoy it. I like digging into subjects with substance.

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