Love the description of the dog and hearing about your freelancing days of yore! Oh, and in answer to your question, in my writing, definitely the dog!!
Thanks so much for your comment Syd. Yes, gotta admit, I'm definately a dog personality when it comes to writing. Actually, I even find it difficult to "knuckle down" and be a badger.
Rose, you just summed up my entire corporate copywriting experience for the entertainment industry and what I loved about it (the curious adventure seeking), but also the challenges (keeping the dog analogy, having to sit up and beg for the pay cheque at times!) Now that I am in another field that is less fickle (healthcare), I am loving learning how to be more badger than dog, diving deep into the research and finding data that might actually have enduring impact. Such a great column.
Thanks Catherine. "Sit up and beg for the pay cheque"? Been there, done that! There's advantages to both writer personalities, but I do find it more difficult to get into "badger mode", necessary though it is.
Love this! Rings very true. And I like that one can be a badger one day and a dog the next. Our personalities are rarely fixed, so why not our writing processes?
You nailed it, Carol. Exactly so. But to be honest, my heart will always be the dog who sniffs at every passing idea and trying to turn it into something.
And how some writers are lingerie distance, the book I'm reading for the third time as I love her visionary literate qualities, its Mill on the Floss by George Eliot . Its a long book which must make her a badger, Stienbeck similar with Grapes of Wrath .
I'm amazed how they can control such epic novels.
But I have sympathy for the dogs, writers with quick energy, the sprinters out of the barrel, who sort it, write and wag for the next trick.
These days the short story is king.
I love to sketch, catch moments in the daily life of a town. I do like tocexplore deeper too with a larger study in oils where the process dictates longevity. My hand makes marks in both as a writers pen moves on. They are both swimming in the same river but some reach the sea more quickly.
Wow, Beverley, I LOVE that! The comparisons with art, and how both types of creativity are swiming in the same river. So beautifully said! I guess most creatives have a mix of both animals, with one being the more dominant.
Love the description of the dog and hearing about your freelancing days of yore! Oh, and in answer to your question, in my writing, definitely the dog!!
Thanks so much for your comment Syd. Yes, gotta admit, I'm definately a dog personality when it comes to writing. Actually, I even find it difficult to "knuckle down" and be a badger.
Rose, you just summed up my entire corporate copywriting experience for the entertainment industry and what I loved about it (the curious adventure seeking), but also the challenges (keeping the dog analogy, having to sit up and beg for the pay cheque at times!) Now that I am in another field that is less fickle (healthcare), I am loving learning how to be more badger than dog, diving deep into the research and finding data that might actually have enduring impact. Such a great column.
Thanks Catherine. "Sit up and beg for the pay cheque"? Been there, done that! There's advantages to both writer personalities, but I do find it more difficult to get into "badger mode", necessary though it is.
Love this! Rings very true. And I like that one can be a badger one day and a dog the next. Our personalities are rarely fixed, so why not our writing processes?
You nailed it, Carol. Exactly so. But to be honest, my heart will always be the dog who sniffs at every passing idea and trying to turn it into something.
Interesting, it describes well the differences.
And how some writers are lingerie distance, the book I'm reading for the third time as I love her visionary literate qualities, its Mill on the Floss by George Eliot . Its a long book which must make her a badger, Stienbeck similar with Grapes of Wrath .
I'm amazed how they can control such epic novels.
But I have sympathy for the dogs, writers with quick energy, the sprinters out of the barrel, who sort it, write and wag for the next trick.
These days the short story is king.
I love to sketch, catch moments in the daily life of a town. I do like tocexplore deeper too with a larger study in oils where the process dictates longevity. My hand makes marks in both as a writers pen moves on. They are both swimming in the same river but some reach the sea more quickly.
Wow, Beverley, I LOVE that! The comparisons with art, and how both types of creativity are swiming in the same river. So beautifully said! I guess most creatives have a mix of both animals, with one being the more dominant.