Do you always write from the heart? Or there are times that you JUST write?

Hey Lady, Thanks, for talking shop! :O) I don't really see how I can be diplomatic about what I'm about to say, however. So, please, don't take it the wrong way. If you can't hear this, I totally understand. So you can just skip over this if it makes you roll your eyes. :P Okay, though I KNOW you mean well, I don't think it serves to call some other approach to writing "JUST" writing. You know, there are aspects of the human condition that I would NOT visit if I started from a "follow my heart" approach. Don't get me wrong, I tend to write from the heart. But, what I mean by that is that the writing I SHARE tends to come from the heart. But before I get there, I do a lot of technical work, very often. There comes a point when my technical activity creates a momentum that allows me to just start, after a while. But, for example, yesterday I decided I really wanted to write something (probably a poem) that would be a meditation on what lies behind compulsive eating. The first thing I did was think about words that touch on what I want emotionally when I pick up that cookie in the middle of the night or after an argument. I wrote lists of such words. Then, I noticed some words that were especially meaningful and wrote words that sound like them. For example: deprived, private, primate, reprieve, privy, pry, privilege, primate, prime, pride, bribe, bride, brief, belief, preview, VIP, blip, flip, probe, plebeian,...and that's when THE word popped into my consciousness: ARRIVED. That got me writing what seem to be the first lines of the actual poem: Arrived--but who celebrates With more pacing? Maybe You punch the sky or cartwheel (If you can) but how deprived To not dismount and cupcake Comfort, cram companionship, Pride in what you crave? Was the research of list-making writing from the heart? It had to do with that, sure. But, a lot of times, I just write related words that I'm curious about. This is the writer's activity most people don't know about. Just getting friendly with words. And, it often requires a sort of distance. A sense of just drifting about and learning about connections between words that aren't obvious or that your own life has uncovered. Hope that was useful or meaningful, Lady. I guess, in the end, it's always with the heart, because it's people who do the writing. And, where are we without a heart? I'm curious: what has your experience been with such technical play? Or where do you envision this might take you? Sunshine & Blessings, Giovani

I sometimes write because i want to but often i write to meet editors deadlines. And not because I'm really inspired. i would like to only write when the spirit moves me but that doesn't pay down the debt.

Sometimes I write from the heart and find that my words flow better and it makes for a better piece if I do, sometimes I just write to keep myself in the habit of it.

There are some things that I am really passionate about and when I am writing on those kinds of subjects the only way that I know how to write is to write from the heart. However, since I've been making an effort to write more so that I can earn from it I find that there are times that I have things to write that are different from what I am really interested in and in those cases I don't really think that I write from the heart, but I still do become passionate about the articles that I've written because they are my babies in a sense.

It is a little bit of both to be honest with you. The more that I think of it, it is from the heart. Because there are things that I can write about if I am really passionate about them. That tends to lead to my best writings. However, not all of the time. There are times where I just write for the sake of writing but I am not really into it. Therefore, I do in fact do some writing and it has to come from the heart. That is where I lead to the best quality, where I am truly into it. I can just write and its fine, but not as good as it might be should it be from the heart. There is just something about the quality that seems like it is much less than it could be, unless I am really into what I am writing. So yes, sometimes just writing, but mostly it is from the heart.

i also writes from my hart which is a ficktional thing coz u cant write from once hart u neeed to use ur hedeven the emotional part is also in ur hed

I always write from the heart. It is so hard to express an opinion if this is just superficial. Writing from the heart will give me a more fulfilled feeling. If I would read that work again after a day, a week, a year, it will still give me the same feeling.

Well I always write what I feel writing but after that I will change some parts because it might be offensive to some or a little biased. I try to neutral my writing so most will not be offended by it.

When i write it has to come from my heart. Anything less would not be true to myself. Writing is a passion for me. it is a breath of life to my soul.

if it wasn't come from my heart it means i have got nothing to say or write~ when there is nothing to write i will leave the discussion. so i will always write something sincerely from the heart means i am not pulling anyone legs and fooling them around with the fake or make up stories.we earn money and others faith so it is not good not to write from the bottom of the heart~

Interesting question and responses because I'm not even sure what writing from the heart means. If it means writing from your emotions, or expressing them, then no, I don't write fromt the heart. If I'm writing nonfiction, I'm dealing with facts, not emotions. If it's fiction, then I'm concerned with the plot and the characters. I need to understand how they feel, but that doesn't mean I'm writing from my own emotions. From what I've seen, most people who say they're writing from their heart are writing very personal stuff that isn't necessarily interesting to anyone else. And it's certainly no guarantee of good writing.

I THINK most of my lines even when I speak comes from my heart... when I say I miss you then I mean it...

for me i write from my mind my daydreams and the things my mind, makes up when i'm out of it so but i write from the heart sometimes.

yes, i think not only me but every one writes from the heart only. A good writing is that comes frm the heart.

Hey Lady, Thanks, for talking shop! :O) I don't really see how I can be diplomatic about what I'm about to say, however. So, please, don't take it the wrong way. If you can't hear this, I totally understand. So you can just skip over this if it makes you roll your eyes. :P Okay, though I KNOW you mean well, I don't think it serves to call some other approach to writing "JUST" writing. You know, there are aspects of the human condition that I would NOT visit if I started from a "follow my heart" approach. Don't get me wrong, I tend to write from the heart. But, what I mean by that is that the writing I SHARE tends to come from the heart. But before I get there, I do a lot of technical work, very often. There comes a point when my technical activity creates a momentum that allows me to just start, after a while. But, for example, yesterday I decided I really wanted to write something (probably a poem) that would be a meditation on what lies behind compulsive eating. The first thing I did was think about words that touch on what I want emotionally when I pick up that cookie in the middle of the night or after an argument. I wrote lists of such words. Then, I noticed some words that were especially meaningful and wrote words that sound like them. For example: deprived, private, primate, reprieve, privy, pry, privilege, primate, prime, pride, bribe, bride, brief, belief, preview, VIP, blip, flip, probe, plebeian,...and that's when THE word popped into my consciousness: ARRIVED. That got me writing what seem to be the first lines of the actual poem: Arrived--but who celebrates With more pacing? Maybe You punch the sky or cartwheel (If you can) but how deprived To not dismount and cupcake Comfort, cram companionship, Pride in what you crave. Was the research of list-making writing from the heart? It had to do with that, sure. But, a lot of times, I just write related words that I'm curious about. This is the writer's activity most people don't know about. Just getting friendly with words. And, it often requires a sort of distance. A sense of just drifting about and learning about connections between words that aren't obvious or that your own life has uncovered. Hope that was useful or meaningful, Lady. I guess, in the end, it's always with the heart, because it's people who do the writing. And, where are we without a heart? I'm curious: what has your experience been with such technical play? Or where do you envision this might take you? Sunshine & Blessings, Giovani

Im always proud of the things I write if it comes from the heart, if I end up just writing, I would probably delete in a few days time, its hard for me to write these days because I often ened up thinking of what people might say or wanting them to better like my blog, most people like pictures than written text that aren't about love or things like that.