My number one hobby is writing. The rest are really all just to inform my writing, if I\u2019m frank.<\/p>\n
I have commitment issues when it comes to other hobbies. I pick up a bunch of hobbies long enough to learn about them but never master them, then move on to the next thing. I love to learn about everything, but I\u2019m never dedicated enough to become an expert in anything.<\/p>\n
This does help me as a writer, believe it or not. I can include these hobbies in my story with just enough detail to be convincing, but be able to get away with not being proficient. Usually I use writing as an excuse to learn different hobbies more than I use my hobbies to inform my writing.<\/p>\n
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I\u2019ll seek out any new experience or learn anything for my writing. I\u2019ll become obsessed by something: knife throwing, lock picking, the Latin language, food, wine, urban spelunking, Greek and Roman mythology, tai chi \u2013 do it until I get bored, write about it, and then move on to the next experience.<\/p>\n
It can be a distraction to my writing sometimes, when I get obsessed with learning about a subject. I spent a day reading about the history of local cemeteries to inform a vampire novel I wrote that will probably never see the light of day (excuse the pun) as well as a story about a girl who can communicate with the dead so she likes to hang out in cemeteries.<\/p>\n
The more I think about it, the more I think I need to include learning as one of my major hobbies. I\u2019m as compelled to learn new things as I am to write. I take classes whenever I can, I devour books for their information, and I ask a lot of questions when I find people who do something I know nothing about. I also do a ton of internet research just for fun.<\/p>\n
Learning and writing are two hobbies that definitely complement each other. What I write has more flavor because I\u2019m able to flesh things out using my experiences and the things I\u2019ve learned, and writing gives me a good excuse to tackle the next hobby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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