Willing Myself to Write - Jan 26 2013
Willing Myself to Write I will become a better writer so help me God…
Well, It has been a while. Time has gone so fast recently, and I don’t even know where to begin. Last I looked I was having writers block, and all I could do was complain and wish that I didn’t have it. What I really needed to do was do something about it.
I have been working, very very slowly mind you, on a couple short stories and a book. I have been having a hard time getting past one part of the transition in the book and I quickly lose interest in the short stories. Here I am trying to better myself as a writer and I can’t even keep a commitment to myself to finish these projects; so I am now really trying to do something about them.
Writers block or no, I am taking on a challenge with myself to go through my finished chapters in my book, re-word them a little, and get a feel to where I left off and write in it AT LEAST once a day. Forcing myself into the thought process of writing, I have added on to the challenge, I am going to type up my short story that I am currently working on, and write at least a paragraph a day. I have to get somewhere with my writing, it’s what makes me happy and I know that I can be better. I am just going to have to get past the blockage by sheer force of will. (Plus there is the fact that I am writing now and feel no real blockage… so that tells me that I can do it.)
So moral of the story is, no matter what I am feeling, if I want something bad enough, I will push through and prevail over my short comings. Just because I am under a delusion that I am useless and that the things that I want will never get done, does not make it true. By not acting upon my desires and aspirations, I sabotage myself. I need to learn to not do that. I want to be a better writer. So here I am “Going For It”.
Thanks for reading! See you in the Next Entry! ~Abby~
