Moodiness

Firstly, don't ask about this title or think too much about it. I'm tired from chasing 4 and 5-year-olds all day at work. Sorry, I can't resist tangents. Anyway, on to the actual topic which has to do with moodiness or more specifically, moods. This summer I've been doing a lot of work on Guardians even if it's just a few sentences a day. The point is that I keep writing and keep the juices flowing. It's one of those things where sometimes I have to make myself sit down but once I start writing I can't stop. To me, writing a novel isn't something that you exactly have to be in the mood for, you can kind of just put yourself in the mood. However, I realized that I haven't written any poetry at all this summer. I find the fact funny because this past year I was writing poetry non-stop, it actually became a bit of an obsession. But my lack of poems actually confirms I theory I've always had which is that poems arrive. I've never written a satisfactory poem when I've just sat down and been like, "I'm writing a poem now". Poems to me are a more organic process between thoughts and paper. They're almost like eloquently phrased diary entries. And as I've learned you have to be in a certain mindset or mood to write poetry versus being able to submerge yourself in another world when writing a novel. And although they're very different types of writing I have to say that I enjoy both.