Buckling down
Butt in seat – or laptop on knee – or - pen and paper in hand are three of the most important traits any writer can learn. Once you’ve fed your muse, you gotta find a schedule of work – that schedule of work needs to be daily.
Not weekly, not ‘when you can be bothered’ – daily.
Writing daily is an art in and of itself. I was once told that once you got into a routine for 21 days, you would always do it, but that doesn’t work for me. I can ‘force’ myself to write and work, but I don’t like it. I still do it though.
Some days the words just flow. I can’t stop them. I’m writing till I’m drained, worn out. I sleep dreamlessly, which is fairly rare for me. Other days, it’s like pulling teeth.
I’d rather do anything than write – clean the house, play games – chase the kids around. ANYTHING other than write. But I still do.
It’s nothing more than discipline – but it’s taken a long time to retrain myself into doing it. Y’see a while ago I stopped writing. I could give a long list of reasons, but it ultimately comes down to lack of discipline, depression and loneliness. Writing is a lonely job, but it’s harder still when you lose your way.
There are ways to get back on track. I’ll share them in the next set of articles.
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