Hello everyone and happy Presidents’ Day!
While working towards my 2018 goal of editing my novel The Four Crystals from beginning to end, I hit a snag in completing my weekly goal. Apparently chapters 3-5 heard me say I was going to edit one chapter a week and conspired to detain me longer than that. If they weren’t essential to the plot, I’d show them who was boss and cut them.
Needless to say, feeling stuck is very frustrating. It’s made me question why I torture myself with writing when there are other things I enjoy that require less effort. When I get depressed with my own writing journey, I find inspiration from reading about what established writers do.
Below are a few articles which recently helped me. I hope they also inspire you to keep writing.
In case you don’t have time to read them, here’s a quick summary: 1. Find a writing space, 2. create a writing routine, and 3. make yourself do it. (They say it much more elegantly than I just did.)
“Mark Ellis – A Writer’s Life” by Mark Ellis
“10 Habits of Highly Effective Writers” by Robert Blake Whitehill
“Ten Ways To Succeed at Writing Without Really Trying” by Ruthy Logan Herne
Happy writing!
Katie
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