I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one who does that. For a month or so straight I was posting a six thousand word chapter every day. Which isn't a TON, but that's in addition to doing about as much writing for school at the same time, and almost as much on my original fic.
But yeah, it does get troublesome. I'll be sitting writing away and, say, set dinner on fire. (well, that just happened ONCE), or forget I had started to fill a bath. or some other stupid thing I should be more than smart enough not to let happen. But when I get in that mood I just CAN'T STOP. Like, I've banged out chapters on my iphone in an email because my roommate was going to the laundromat and, not having a car, I had no choice but to go with him.
I actually did a brief paper on hypographia for a class this past semester- Dostoevsky had it. It's tied into other compulsive behavior disorders and addictions in a strange way. When he wasn't writing, which he would often do to the detriment of everything else in life, he was a compulsive gambler who lost almost every penny he had ever made. Some people think Hemingway might have had it, and when he wasn't writing (and even when he was on occasion) he was a raging alcoholic. So... strange stuff. Since it isn't necessarily healthy to do ANYTHING to the point that you ignore everything else (which I admit I do), but it seems like for a lot of the known or strongly suspected cases, that's the least destructive path compared to their other compulsive behaviors.
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But yeah, it does get troublesome. I'll be sitting writing away and, say, set dinner on fire. (well, that just happened ONCE), or forget I had started to fill a bath. or some other stupid thing I should be more than smart enough not to let happen. But when I get in that mood I just CAN'T STOP. Like, I've banged out chapters on my iphone in an email because my roommate was going to the laundromat and, not having a car, I had no choice but to go with him.
I actually did a brief paper on hypographia for a class this past semester- Dostoevsky had it. It's tied into other compulsive behavior disorders and addictions in a strange way. When he wasn't writing, which he would often do to the detriment of everything else in life, he was a compulsive gambler who lost almost every penny he had ever made. Some people think Hemingway might have had it, and when he wasn't writing (and even when he was on occasion) he was a raging alcoholic.
So... strange stuff. Since it isn't necessarily healthy to do ANYTHING to the point that you ignore everything else (which I admit I do), but it seems like for a lot of the known or strongly suspected cases, that's the least destructive path compared to their other compulsive behaviors.