Many Ways to Live to be 100 and Write
here's a refreshing article about the work habits of published writers--all different
(these are novelists, so a lot of them do research; but the various work styles apply
to poets and writers of shorter fiction)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703740004574513463106012106.html
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Michael Pokocky says:
Thoroughly enjoyed opening
Thoroughly enjoyed opening the cookie jar_____Michael
Thaisa Frank says:
Hey Michael....
Thanks-as always!
Thaisa
Dale Estey says:
Just to be clear - are you
Just to be clear - are you encouraging us to live to be 100?
Rosy Cole says:
Hi Thaisa,
Thanks for the link which just proves how individual writers are.
Many years ago, I read an article which claimed that writers stand a better chance of longevity than any other profession or way of life because exercising the brain, which presides over all other functions, is even more crucial than physical workouts and efficient circulation.
No conclusions were drawn about authors who have energetic dogs as well!
Blair Kilpatrick says:
Fascinating! Thank you for
Fascinating! Thank you for posting this link.
Thaisa Frank says:
Thanks Blair and Rosy. One
Thanks Blair and Rosy. One would hope that a writer's brain counts for some workout time.
And, Dale, I wasn't thinking about encouraging us to live to be 100, I was just linking it to an earlier piece I wrote where I equated the authoritarian pronouncements of writers (about how to write) with what people who live to be 100 say about their secret to longevity.
But now that you mention it, I think it's a great idea, as long as we keep writing. (Maybe even to 120 or more.)