Hey Acepilot- I've been told by people whose writing I really admire, that they write everyday, sort of like an exercise. You know how if you lift weights everyday, you get stronger and stronger? I guess it's the same theory.
I know when I am in the habit of writing, everything I see or hear seems like inspiration for a poem or story. When I get out of the habit, I don't seem to catch those little bits of inspiration in the same way, if at all- although I'm looking at and listening to the same things. So I can definitely see the benefit of keeping yourself in the writing mindset or mode in terms of output.
The problem I have with writing everyday, is that with volume comes boredom-everything I write starts sounding the same to me. I find myself using the same words, images, phrasing over and over again. Some of this is just a matter of taste - I really like the sound of the word "blue" (though it's not my favorite color) and the feeling it connotes, so I've noticed that it's the rare poem I write that doesn't have the word "blue" in it- although I also like the image of the sky and all that it connotes-so maybe that's why I use "blue" so much-I think I equate it with freedom - not patriotic freedom, but freedom of movement, nonconstriction, etc... but anyway - you get the picture.
So I find myself doing stuff like that and it seems too much of the same old- same old and I ask myself, "What's the point of writing the same poem over and over?" so I take a break- but then it's really hard to get started again.
(Should I apologize for the length of my post-even though I
knew I would talk this much?
)
I have a question for you though. Are long posts bad? Is there some kind of rule about that?
. Maybe we all have this issure and I'm just shooting out in the dark... 
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