The So-Called Creative Process

So I was supposed to go and have breakfast with Trizha but I overslept and she had to head to work so I decided to stay home and work on the pet project I've mentioned in a couple of entries on here. So, yeah. Unfortunately no outfit post for today as I'm spending the day in a ratty old T-shirt and tiny board shorts--needless to say, not the most flattering thing ever. But yeah. I'm going to be putting up a couple of great (or at least well-thought-out) Mix-and-Match outfits within this coming week though, starting tomorrow so yay! 

Anywho, while typing stuff up this afternoon I couldn't help but think about how boring the so-called creative process must be from an outside perspective when it comes to writing. Sure, in your head things seem pretty interesting but for someone on the outside looking in, it's basically someone sitting on a computer typing and backspacing for hours.

 It's like with art, you can watch color coming into a drawing or with music, you can watch people record and listen to mixes but when it comes to writing--wow. So I think it might be for the best that writing is seems to be a solitary kind of thing. Personally anyway, whether at home our outside of it, I need to be alone to be able to write. And I don't mean that literally--I mean, even if I'm say, at the library or something I can't be with anyone I know. This is again, probably why I was terrible at being Prose Editor. :)) Anyway. Today, I'm holed up in my room writing and listening to music and being a recluse (except for this tiny window that is the internet). I've also put up my dark curtains to keep the sunshine out because I find the sunlight extremely distracting and it makes me sleepy. 

 Okay, so--I don't have a study table (I gave it away); instead I have a study bed. The bed you are seeing is actual my sister's former bed, which we keep around for when she visits. Anyway, I like to have everything I need around me when I write because it wastes less time. So here I have books, journals, post-it things with story ideas and my friend Trizha's USB (because I always lose mine). 

 Also, I'm the kind of person who needs to take a breather between pieces of work so I always need either my headphones or these handy dandy speakers near me so I can watch things/inspire myself between bouts of working.

The bed set-up also keeps me from sleeping because how can you sleep when all your breakable stuff is right beside you--with some of it even on your actual bed. My mother disagrees with this process because a) she still believes she can correct my posture and b) she has never experienced the joys of typing while lying on your belly.

Anyway, that's it for now. How does your so-called creative process take place? :D