Finding An Outside Connection

TINA MAKERETIponders those writing days spent more on Twitter than literature.

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Wednesday, August 10, day two of much-anticipated research/ writing time, 9.05am. I’ve already gone where many writers go to share their woes and procrastinate like mad. People have written articles about how it’s our water cooler; Neil Gaiman calls it the “hive-mind”. Apparently, Twitter needs to know my pain:

Yesterday, writing day: woke 5.30am, too excited to sleep, wrote short true story start to finish, realised whole book will emerge like this. Sweet.

Today, writing day: 9.00am, nada, nothing, nowt. All previous ideas are bad. Feels like swimming in mud. Am terrible writer.

I do not follow this with the wellknown #amwriting or the other one, #amwritingfail. It’s enough to watch the comments and likes accrue throughout the day.