Tag: quotes
Monday Motivation-Just Write
I love this quote by Stephen King. It’s true that the moment that scares a writer the most is when they sit down to pen that first word. Don’t let your fingers hover over the keyboards or the pen shake in your hand, just write that first word, sentence, chapter and before you know it,…
Monday Motivation-Goodbye Self Doubt
Don’t doubt yourself or your talents. Don’t think you can’t write a book. Sit down, write, and keep at it everyday. Self doubt will be a thing of the past.
Monday Motivation-It’s All About Mindset
Sometimes we’re our own worst enemy. We sit down to write and begin comparing ourselves to a bestselling author or the writer in the critique group whose prose is so much stronger than your own. I believe that negative thoughts can quickly become reality so this week sit down with a whole new mindset. Tell…
Monday Motivation-Doing Your Best Right Now
If you ever feel your writing is going nowhere, please keep on writing. As this quote reminds us, what we do now, what we do today, can change our tomorrow and sets us up for success somewhere down the road. Today’s going no where story could be tomorrow’s bestseller!
Monday Motivation-Are You A Writer?
Lots of people tell me they’re going to write a book, few actually do. It’s got nothing to do with talent but everything to do with what’s in your heart or as this quote says, what excites you. When I started to write, I couldn’t wait to pick up a pen and get back to…
Monday Motivation-Writing Leads To Happiness
I saw this quote the other day which reminds me that to be happy we all need to do something that’s in our heart. For most of us, that’s our writing (our method of life), whether it be fiction, non-fiction or even poetry. This week be sure to do something that puts a smile on…
Monday Motivation-Put in the Effort
Sometimes you have to give up other things in your life, maybe a hobby that you love, to get that book written. I look at it as hard work that pays off big time when you reach your goal.
Monday Motivation-You’re Simply The Best
I often have students tell me they want to write like such and such an author. Having mentors, having idols is great but that admiration sometimes turns into I‘m not as good as such and such. Confidence is broken, writing stops, and dreams are crushed. We all have a tendency to compare ourselves and somehow…
Monday Motivation-Fall and Rise
Even if you didn’t finish NaNoWriMo or get to 50,000 words, it doesn’t matter. You attempted it which is more than most people do. Like this quote reminds us, fall but you can always rise again. In fact, falling makes you stronger the next time around.