Motivational Moments….for Writers! #20
R U Passive? waiting for your muse to strike and help you write your novel or story? Back in the day, a muse was thought to be a creative spirit that unleashed your creativity. If you weren’t creative, it was the muse’s fault.
R U External? Setting an external reward for completing your daily writing task. Usually food, drink or an activity such as watching your favorite TV show.
R U INTERNAL? Ah, now we’re talking! Writers need to examine their own brains to get that motivation working. Your pain/pleasure receptors, in your brain, need adjusting if writing is painful. If your writing causes you more pain than pleasure, waiting for a muse or an external reward is all you have.
You need to write for the sheer joy of writing. Writing becomes the motivation for writing. Writing becomes your addiction. Turn off the negative voice in your head that tells you you’re a crappy writer, have no talent…you know the voice I’m talking about. Reinforce yourself by making positive statements, to yourself, about your writing. Take the time to admire that well-turned sentence, page, or chapter that you just wrote!
“Writing is a journey of discovery because until you start, you never know what will happen, and you be surprised by what you do~~expect the 
unexpected!” Mini Grey
“As a writer, I speculate, hibernate and marinate.” Trisha Sugarek
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