Short and Sweet Advice for Writers – The Perfect Time to Write

“Mural” by Jackson Pollock

There is no such thing as the “perfect time to write.”

I used to have a naive fantasy about arriving at a time in my life when I would be free to write without distraction or disturbance. A time during which I would somehow be magically relieved of all my responsibilities and obligations. No worries would crease my brow other than those having to do with the writing task at hand, no stress would cloud my creative vision.

Did I mention it was a naive fantasy?

It is also a foolish one.

Writing does not happen in a vacuum. Writing is a creative act and creative acts are messy and chaotic and filled with life. That’s the way they are supposed to be. The natural push and pull, give and take between the daily rounds of our days and our writing creates tension that brings a…