You Can’t Write While You’re Running.
Writing takes focus; it’s not compatible with errand-hopping.
Take heart, dear reader. Neither you nor anyone else can write on the run, literally or figuratively. You can record the tidbits of your brilliant idea into your phone or scratch them in Notes only later to decipher what you thought you meant. It’s hard to do it on the fly. Seasoned pros have the chops to capture the big idea in a few cryptic words, but for the rest of us?
Writing requires full brain engagement. It requires focus.
We’ve all been there: rushing around to attend to the listicles of life’s errands and distracted by attention-demanding tasks when Boom! Out of nowhere, inspiration strikes.
These flashes of brilliance often announce themselves at inopportune times, like while my body and consciousness are at the wheel of a moving car. I’ll randomly unearth a topic that has escaped scrutiny and realize I know more about it and can speak with more authority than others. Or, I’ll stumble over a clever turn of phrase or a sharp-edged quip that might knock ’em dead.
The frustration is that as soon as the light bulb goes off, it can just as quickly go dark, and the train of thought is lost.
