There’s generally two kinds of writers: Mozarts and Beethovens.

Mozarts are those who think of every sentence, every letter, and every syllable before they get to work. An e-mail takes a day, a blog takes a week and the book probably never gets written.

But if it, against all odds, is written, it is polished, varnished and beautiful from the very outset. Most of the thinking is done beforehand.

Beethovens, however, scratch down everything that comes into their path on paper. Like the ödes ödessymfoni the words are mixed together and the order isn’t very well thought out. To make the result the best it can be the Beethovens have to go back and correct, subtract and add to make it intelligible.

These types are not just applicable to writing. I think they exist in other aspects of life as well. Are you the one who cooks by recipe, dicing the onions in advance and setting up the cookbook at a comfortable viewing distance BEFORE you turn on the stove? Hey Mozart.

Do you toss the eggs in the pan, realize that you’re out of onions and change your mind to goulash soup instead fifteen minutes before dinner? Hey Beethoven.

Are you planning for the Great Conversation with a close friend, twisting and turning your arguments, practicing an appropriate voice and facial expression in front of the mirror before you meet up? Hello Mozart!

Do you begin to intensely tell us about your sleepless night before you’ve said hi properly, before you’ve even sat down? Do you keep on talking until you’re met with a - a bit, but not much - distancing gaze from your friend? Do you ask, what’s up with the look, aloud? Hey Beethoven!

I am not saying that it is always socially smooth. I'm not saying it always leads to the best artistic results. But being like Beethoven exempts you from certain social codes that can limit you. Try it.

Bonus – Right now Nanowrimo is under way http://www.nanowrimo.org/. Typically Beethovenesque.

Text: Hanna Nyberg