I’ve Got The (Writing) Fever

Frank Zappa famously said that time is an affliction and I’m inclined to agree. I’m not entirely sure I believe in time anymore.

Time passes according to our perception and our perception can be changed. Which means that time can be changed.

Where am I going with this ? Well in two directions really…. One of which is getting its own article…. (because exploring this is sooooo much fun!).

But for now…I want to tell you what prompted this thinking. I was more than a little shocked today to discover just how much I’ve written in the past 30 ish days.

Okay… maybe not quite that much. But way more than I thought.

Which is why I mention time ….

Because as I looked back at the dates on my articles and poems… I was jaw droppingly astonished to see some of them were only 14 days ago.

If I had to have guessed … I would have said at least a month, maybe two months ago. Certainly not two weeks. Which brings me back around to this time thing and how we perceive it differently. Two weeks in Europe used to pass by with the click of my fingers… but here? Here a day is like a week. And a week like a month…

Which is clearly how I’ve somehow managed to oh so casually churn out;

7 x Articles

19 x Poems (some of which are seriously long!!)

2 x Lust For Words (which involve hours of searching and reading)

25 x Critique Challenge Entries (oooops …..it seems I did get a little carried away… and this was me really trying to hold back on submitting too many! Really! 😆)

1 x Book Club Challenge Entry

1 x Fiction story

1 x Music Article I called Playlist Fiction (it’s gonna be a thing, just wait and see 😉😂)

& Organised 111 or so articles into The Great Library of Alexandria (which was done entirely on my phone!!!!)

Oh, and then of course I started the Get to Know Me Challenge which was hours of reading and commenting on at least 70 of these!!!

[and I’ve had many conversations through the comments as well]

In a month?!?!?!?!?!?

And I don’t even feel like I’ve been writing excessively 😂 How is this possible?! (I have some interesting theories to go in another article about time! It will come soon 😉)

I also have started countless draft articles…. and added to my ever expanding notebook of ideas…. AND researched so many things…. Like the history of typewriters (which is so fascinating actually! As a bonus I discovered the reason for the qwerty keyboard which was cool unexpected trivia. And read all about how a man from Dundee (very close to my hometown) was a big player in the import of them).

I have also been sketching out a new idea for a book that I’m super excited about…. This came as a late idea for The Next Great [American] Novel challenge. Sadly too late to write for the challenge (it takes me a whole day just to research and get to know my main character!). I do a LOT of research before I put pen to paper.

Which now has me thinking that it would be really fun to read about everyone’s writing processes….

Because I imagine they are all vastly different! Especially now that I realise others have the ability to think so differently from me!

I really wish I had someone here in person to endlessly quiz about how you see images in your mind…

Like….for starters… do you imagine as vividly as you dream? Like, on command? Or is it different? Do you see still images or movie like images? Or both? Do you actively choose everything in the image???? Or is it like putting on a movie… you know the synopsis … but the detail is a surprise? How does it work?!?!?! Do you ever get intrusive and unwanted images or do you always choose? How do you manage seeing the images in your mind and seeing the reality around you?!?!

I am so fascinated!!!!

On another note…. I really really hope you are not all getting tired of seeing my name on your notifications list !

Much love,

Kayleigh ❤️🕊️❤️🕊️❤️🕊️❤️🕊️