Tag: motivation to write a book
Monday Motivation-We’re All Beginners
I love this quote because it reminds me of one thing. Every time you sit down to write you don’t have to be perfect. Don’t worry if you wrote perfect prose the day before but today’s a different story. Don’t panic if you’ve been staring at a blank page for five minutes…just write anything that comes…
Monday Motivation-Distractions Be Gone
Distractions are the Achilles’ heel for everyone but for a writer those moments when you check your e-mail or click on YouTube can be the reason you’ve never finished your novel. This week figure out what distracts you the most. Is it friends stopping by, text messages popping up on your phone… Make a…
Monday Motivation-Who Said It Was Going to Be Easy?
Whether you’re taking the NaNoWriMo challenge or just attempting to write a book, even a short story, some days it’s an uphill battle. Even when you’ve been writing for years. Even when you do it for a living and your bank account is relying on you to write, there are days your motivation’s going to…
Monday Motivation-Change Where You’re At
Whether you’re a writer, artist, musician…whatever, we all get into a rut. A place in our heads (and sometimes our hearts), where we feel there’s nothing more creatively we can give. We burn out and the muse goes bye-bye. It’s happened to me lots of times and one thing I’ve found that helps is…
Monday Motivation-Vision Boards
Once upon a time I was a girl who wanted nothing more than to be a published author. The rejections letter kept on coming so I worked harder but still I didn’t realize my dream. I think sheer determination, and maybe even some arrogance, got finally got me there but I had one other thing…