Last day of break before school starts again. Switching back and forth from teacherly to writerly modes--not always easy. Different sides of the brain. The same but different, in the sense that teaching is creative too, but so heavily about being analytical. Being analytical chases away that skittish presentness that doodles and likes fiddling with words with no destination in mind, often not even a route (until plot comes along to micromanage, offering a signpost or two).
Switching modes can be like coaxing a cold old car to start. Once the thing's running it's usually okay. After it takes you to where you're going, the switching feels natural, fine, normal, as things should be. Too much of any one thing is bad for another, right? Ah, balance, my friends! Balance, whether you are chipping away at a cliff of revisions or on the brink of one and either wanting to jump or run, or happily scribbling or tapping away like there's no tomorrow...perhaps (probably?) happiness is best defined as when both left and right synapses are firing away in tandem. So that your creativity is sharp and your sharpness is creative...or something like that. Here's to finding the combo that works for you.
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