Okay…here’s some tough love! Get your butt in that chair and write something………..or finish something !!! You’ve read my interviews with famous, best selling authors for about a year now. And the recurring theme is DISCIPLINE!!
Forget what others might think of your scribbles…they’re yours and they’re PERFECT! And what if they aren’t perfect? So What!!?? If I thought I was going to get perfection when I first began writing, I would never have written a word. All I hoped for was to grow as a writer and keep growing with every new project. Still not perfect………….
Write a short story. Write a poem in prose. Write a play. Finish your novel. WRITE SOMETHING!!
Now, here’s the tough part. You have to be selfish to be a writer. You have to tell your spouse, or kids or friends that you aren’t going to be available for a couple of hours. And mean it!! Then go lock yourself in a room and WRITE!! Then tomorrow (or this weekend) do it again.
Friends and family will understand. You’d be surprised at how happy they will be when you tell them what you’re doing. Sometimes I even accept invitations with the condition that if the day comes and I am in the middle of writing, I may not come to the event. My friends are very gracious about it.
I hope to hear from you….I hope to hear that you did some writing. I hope you have a wonderful new year…FULL OF WRITING!
Love, Trish
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