Morning, for writers holds so much promise. It’s more than that the blank slate of the day before you representing the potential of the page. For me it’s also the energy of the promise. There is something about being up before the birds and watching the color creep into the sky with your coffee cup in hand and a few good paragraphs knocked out on the page that fuels creativity.
This weekend we sat on the beach in San Diego and watched kids and seasoned adults paddle out on surfboards and boogie boards for hours, working to catch a wave at just the right peak and angle — all for less than 6 seconds of a ride. Over and over again they tumbled, or swirled in the anticlimactic gone-too-soon wave, but they kept setting themselves up for that promise.
For writers it’s the same. Getting up early, before the demands for lunches, clean socks and in-coming calls cloud the ability to catch just the right wave. If I can catch the writing wave, I can sail over so much of that noise.
When I camp, I love stories told over the heady glow of the night fire. But it’s morning before everyone is up that feeds the stories: the walk along the beach as the tide and sun return. The elk no one but me sees as I make my way to the creek. The coals from last night’s fire that warm swollen fingers enough to make breakfast over the fire.
Catching the morning writing wave reminds me too of arriving at the Grand Canyon just as the fog is rolling out. You know it’s there, you just need to be there when the fog lifts. But you have to show up, ready.
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Renee, to me morning is the most precious time. My brain seems to be able to process and share with the page. Thank you for your wisdom! Have a blessed day!
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Millie,
I feel so much morning in your writing: the fog above the mountains and streams, you sitting on a stoop, barefoot, coffee in hand. Once you write it, those images permeate subsequent writings! Glad to hear from you! – Renee
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Early morning is incredibly peaceful, especially when camping. Wiggling into cold clothes, the sound of the tent zipper as it slides smoothly to the top and the cool air and fresh smell that greet me and make the hair stand up to protect me from the cold. The coffee can’t brew quickly enough, but when it’s done, the steam that warms my nose and that first sip is the beginning of a great day.
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Ahhh! Yes! Great images! How many times have I hoped someone else would make that coffee so I could stay in the sleeping bag longer… but if I had, I would have missed the elk or the sunrise!
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Wishing you a week full of fantastic mornings, Renee!
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You too writer friend Windy!
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I can identify with the need for silence so I can think and create. And yes, morning is the best time!
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Anneli,
leave it to writers to claim this special time of day. Thinking is at it’s best then, isn’t it? Glad to hear from you! – Renee
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This time of day is so helpful to most writers. I wish it was to me. Jealous.
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My most prolific blogging and writing friend, Luanne — some part of the day indeed belongs to your writing side… you do get it done and done well! – Hugs, R
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Not for months now.
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I have a tent and an espresso maker… All camping analogies aside, sounds like you could use a break. I had the offer to leave for a few days, but after two days in the car to SD and back, I decided it wasn’t worth packing up again…I’d brave the wilderness of home and see if it worked better than last time. Going through old manuscript and WWWB notes to work on book… going alright so far!
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Keep going, Renee! On the book, I mean haha!
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Thanks! Books are such a long haul!
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I think Renee, morning holds promise for artists of all media. There is something about the new day to prime inspiration.
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You are so right. The new day does prime inspiration… and also provides that blank canvas in which to focus inspiration from the night/s before!
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I am definitely a morning person. Mornings hold all the promise you describe. Oddly, though, I prefer to write in the evening, after all the day’s activity has bounced around in my brain and ideas have fermented a little. But I do love mornings.
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This makes perfect sense! I get that. I am actually more pensive at night — if circumstances allow! Thanks for stopping by! Renee
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I love mornings too, pre-dawn, when the kookaburras are laughing, the wattlebirds squawking and the honeyeaters chirruping. The mind is (almost) always so clear.
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David, Thank you for reminding readers how place announces itself even in those quietest of morning moments!
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A truly lovely post, Renee. Ah, “…the energy of the promise…” sums early morning writing so beautifully. One of my favorite quotes is by Anais Nin: “The dream was always running ahead of me. To Catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.”
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Marilyn, thank you for the insights and the lovely Nin quote. The word running says so much.
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I’m definitely a morning person and I like to think I am most productive early in the morning.
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Yes – there is something to that. And, I think we writers really find ourselves best at that time. I can write well into the night, but I need to have found the path to the river before I can float away with it… if you follow!
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