With only a bit of time every few days to write I have been focused on my manuscript rather than my blogging, but today I wanted to the quick opportunity to share something that keeps bubbling up for me. The concept of a "Casual Creative".
What is it to be a casual creative? To be committed to the act of creation for the joy of creation. Not in connection with compensation, or ego or deadlines or anything other than the joy of creation.
Do you find that the joy of creation is increased or decreased as you do more with it? Share it with others? Ask for feedback? What part of your soul does creation cater to? And what is the right balance of needs that leads to the arduous journey of improvement and perfection.
With much of the arts you have a goal in mind such as music or dance. But with writing, the goal is the ever present and ever nefarious "they". The imaginary demi-god author that is an impossibility but isn't it required if after all the work of writing, you decide, that you will edit?!
And at that point can you still be a causal creative? I am discovering the answer is.. yes! In fact the joy of editing, especially for specific things like replacing adverbs with more descriptive verbs can become a building block of being a better writer.
