Find The Motivation
What motivates you to write? I mean, of course if you’re a published author, you’re contractually bound to deliver a book at deadline, and if you’re not yet published there’s the drive to be published someday.
But there has to be something beyond those things. Is it to leave a legacy, to have something in print that will remain (hopefully) after you’re gone? Is it just to see your book on the bookshelf? Is it to know that you saw something through from start to finish? Is it to be able to say “I did it” ? Or is it purely the love for the written word, the driving need to put the story on the page?
Whatever the motivation, don’t lose sight of it in the mundane, day to day meeting of word count. Because often I think writers do lose sight of the pure beauty of writing.
Not everyone can do this. Though many people say ‘anyone can be a writer’, those who’ve struggled to create a book know that’s very far from the truth. Not everyone can be a writer. But we can. Celebrate it and revel in the joy of it. And never forget why you do it.
January 21st, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Well put!
January 31st, 2009 at 4:12 am
The idea of a challenge helps drive the motivation for sure. But although writing is inherently personal, there is something to be said for gathering criticism and encouragement from a community (es evidenced by your blog). You can get lost in the word count conformity yes, so it’s good to remind yourself or a peer that the motivation is something more meaningful and deeper. If it’s useful, please feel free to use comotivate.com as a tool to guide your efforts as a group. Best of luck with your writing.
March 24th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
This is the way things should be, get off what we are on now
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