When do you write more?

[DocHeart]

I am definitely more productive when I'm down. Thankfully, I'm down a lot these days.

Looking forward to your thoughts.

[KatnissEverdeen]

Honestly I write more after I day dream, and or in the mornings and nights.

[Panglossian]

For me, creativity is a strange process. It's something that builds up subconsciously. I don't believe my mood has much to do with it. One day I'm lost for words (literally) - thinking I'll never write anything again, then the next day I can feel suddenly abundant and produce something which feels like it came from *somewhere else*. I think creativity happens when I let go of wanting to be creative. I suspect dreams could also play their part. Having said that I haven't written anything new for a quite some time. I'm not a fan of writing for writing's sake.

[Venerable Bede]

I definitely write more when I'm in a good mood. I can't get anything done when I'm depressed.

[Buh4Bee]

Mood regulation is always a difficult thing in my case, but I write much more when I am calm and relaxed. This does not necessarily mean I am happy. I agree the creative process is a strange thing.

[faithosaurus]

It actually depends for me. I can write nice fluffy and/or family-based stories when happy, and I can write good dark stories when sad.

[breathtest]

Panglossian

For me, creativity is a strange process. It's something that builds up subconsciously. I don't believe my mood has much to do with it. One day I'm lost for words (literally) - thinking I'll never write anything again, then the next day I can feel suddenly abundant and produce something which feels like it came from *somewhere else*. I think creativity happens when I let go of wanting to be creative. I suspect dreams could also play their part. Having said that I haven't written anything new for a quite some time. I'm not a fan of writing for writing's sake.

I am much the same. I will write a story that I am incredibly proud of, one in which the ideas continue to flow and my fingers on the keyboard seem to move quicker than my thoughts. But then for days or even weeks afterwards I will go through a stale, inactive period where I will try to write, and I'll get part-way through something and then stop because it doesn't seem to be working. I think the unconscious mind has a lot to do with the writing process, and so I think it takes a while for the thoughts and ideas to accumulate and flourish in my mind without my help. If I try it seems to slow the whole process down, especially if I get frustrated with it.

[ShadowsCool]

I actually write more in the fall & winter. Especially the nights. When the weather warms up my mind goes blank.

[Cunninglinguist]

I write (more) when I have something to respond to. When I feel I've made a sufficient response, I lose my ability. When it comes to productivity alone, how I feel about what I'm responding to is generally out of the question.

When we find certain circumstances that provoke our creativity, I suspect in many cases we're associating those things with other things that we would like to respond to.

[Insane4Twain]

I write (more) when I have something to respond to.Exactly. I knocked out out a guest column for our newspaper in about an hour because I was agitated. What got my panties in a bunch was the Bowdlerization of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Gribben.