Goody-Two Shoes Article

In the article Goody-Two Shoes, the author of the article says that writing isn't a chore and people shouldn't force themselves to sit down and write for an hour a day just to do it. While mostly I agree with this statement, I have to also disagree. Yes forcing one's self to write for an hour could turn your passion into this much hated chore. Not writing at all for long extended periods of time can be dangerous as well in my opinion. In my own experience when taking workshops I am writing most of all the time, even if its little stories that won't ever become anything other than that, a little story. I found this to be helpful to get even something down for one day because it kept me thinking about the idea of writing. It kept me focused on wanting to get the larger project done. It also gave me an outlet, if I am feeling rather cheery at the time, but the part I need to write is not, then take that happy feeling write a fun short story, and the next day hopefully you will be in a better setting to write "darker" themed things.
The idea of for at least a couple minutes a day is the same as telling an athlete that they have to practice their sport for at least a half an hour a day as well. They might not like the idea of running around in circles for a half an hour but in the end it makes them better in shape, and better prepared than the person who sat around all summer doing other things. The concept for a writer should be the same, while I am not saying send a complete hour forcing yourself to write, you should sit down for 10 minutes write a little bit, walk away come back to it and do this 5 times a day, or rather cut down the amount of time you are practicing and do it for 15 minutes twice a day and you will be getting 30 minutes of practice without making yourself feel completely forced.
I do agree that the article Goody-Two Shoes does bring up a valid point that one doesn't want to make writing a chore, and make it unpleasant then what the person in question should do is to find a way to make writing a more entertaining for the day. Make a game out of it again using the sport's metaphor, athlete's don't always just run around in circles, or do drills practice after practice. Once in awhile, or at least once a week if not every practice get to do scrimmages. While I understand doing a scrimmage for writing is not quite the same thing, it is all about finding new techniques to keep up with your writing even on those days you would prefer to do nothing at all. Writing is as much as a muscle to be used as legs are for soccer, or any other sport. Up-keep is an important part of it all.