I would add: and trying to get better. It isn't just a numbers game. One of my editors once told me the majority of submissions he saw from the same people never improved in quality, and neither did most of those he published! I try to learn a new trick every time I write, whether someone's handing me a Snausage for it or not. It's much more fun that way. Even though Snausages smell gross.
Ha ha ha. I have so wanted to write a blog post like this . I applaud you for doing it.:) Its so true too. Happy writing everyone.–Amy Joy http://amysjoy.com
Exactly what I needed to hear exactly when I needed to hear it. It's easy to get distracted by the summer fun! As someone on Twitter posted recently, "Back to the comma mines!"
That's what writers do – they keep writing (although I agree with JS Bell that knowing the techniques of good writing will result in a better product).
Inform yourself, and watch what other writers are doing. Write something different when the muse fails to show up. Learn when you're most productive and try to do your writing then. If Life intervenes, be flexible. Be mobile at times to get ideas stirring in the brainpan.
Where's your imagination? Dig in your heels and get tough.
Thanks for the reality check! I never wait for inspiration anymore. I just sit down and force myself to write.
I'd tweak this a bit. I wouldn't tell someone "Just golf." If they keep ingraining bad habits it does no good long term.
Write, and learn, and write some more, and learn some more. Repeat.
But yes, mostly, keep writing.
And tea.
Love it 🙂 So true!
Nice!
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I would add: and trying to get better. It isn't just a numbers game. One of my editors once told me the majority of submissions he saw from the same people never improved in quality, and neither did most of those he published! I try to learn a new trick every time I write, whether someone's handing me a Snausage for it or not. It's much more fun that way. Even though Snausages smell gross.
And yet, it is sometimes the hardest thing to do, Thanks for the reminder.
And reading!
What about if the problem is Repetative Strain Injury?
Ha ha ha. I have so wanted to write a blog post like this . I applaud you for doing it.:) Its so true too. Happy writing everyone.–Amy Joy http://amysjoy.com
I get so engrossed in the writing process I forget to eat, sometimes for days on end. What should I do??
lol. cool 🙂
Exactly what I needed to hear exactly when I needed to hear it. It's easy to get distracted by the summer fun! As someone on Twitter posted recently, "Back to the comma mines!"
Also: alcohol
And, of course, there are those people one is tempted to tell "Stop writing!"
Truth has never been so profound.
That's brilliant.
You have never been more eloquent.
yeah. pretty much.
Well said, although every now and then I have to stop and think about what I want to write.
Love it!
Haha, snausages. Well said. I find that the more I write, the easier it becomes. Its the revising that I have a tough time not dragging my feet on.
This is very wise.
I'm posting this one near my computer. Thank you!
Absolutely. Great reminder
Ann
Thanks. I needed that.
A rare miss for the great Nathan Bransford.
I think I 'd tweak it a bit to "Keep writing better than you did the day before." Otherwise, you stagnate.
I prefer setting the offending page ablaze and then bathing in the ashes to set an example for the rest of the novel that they could be next.
But, you know, keep writing is good advice, too.
That's what writers do – they keep writing (although I agree with JS Bell that knowing the techniques of good writing will result in a better product).
Inform yourself, and watch what other writers are doing. Write something different when the muse fails to show up. Learn when you're most productive and try to do your writing then. If Life intervenes, be flexible. Be mobile at times to get ideas stirring in the brainpan.
Where's your imagination? Dig in your heels and get tough.
Short posts are posts of might. You've aptly demonstrated this by the responses you've gotten. "I would tweak this a bit." "I would add."
I'm going to try brevity when I'm burned out trying to think of something to post!
Ann Best, Author of In the Mirror, A Memoir of Shattered Secrets
Great post (as usual) and great advice. I'd only add "keep reading" to that "keep writing."
🙂
Love this.
Reading, too. Definitely.