The following text is from Alice Wong’s 2022 memoir Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life. Wong has just described her tendency to procrastinate when she has a writing deadline.
In the middle of these distractions, a vibe will emerge, a point I want to make, a phrase, a hook, a title for a story, an image. A connection or epiphany can happen while watching or reading something brilliant. By doing “nothing” and daydreaming, I am actually “composing”, even if words don’t immediately materialize.
In the middle of these distractions, a vibe will emerge, a point I want to make, a phrase, a hook, a title for a story, an image. A connection or epiphany can happen while watching or reading something brilliant. By doing “nothing” and daydreaming, I am actually “composing”, even if words don’t immediately materialize.