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Q&A How can you write when you're upset?

I mean exactly this. Writing needs focus, to some extent. Even if you may fall into a state were words flow naturally on the keyboard almost without effort, you still have to reach that condition....

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T11:56:48Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:58:48Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T09:58:48Z (almost 5 years ago)
I mean exactly this.

Writing needs focus, to some extent. Even if you may fall into a state were words flow naturally on the keyboard almost without effort, you still have to reach that condition.

Being a very unstable, stressed out, and prone to anger person, I often find myself too upset, distracted or demotivated to write. I'd like to focus on anger in particular, since the demotivated side has been treated a lot on other questions.

How do you manage (if you do) to write when your mind is fuming about what happened during the day? Or what, maybe, is still happening? How do you manage to detatch from the things unnerving you, to find the necessary "private space" to write?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-10-18T20:41:44Z (about 6 years ago)
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