“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until it's done. It's that easy, and that hard.” - Neil Gaiman @neilhimself This week my mind is on action — the power of it, and the conflicting nature of its simplicity and impossibility. “Just DO it!” Nike tells us and it IS, in fact that simple, except when it isn’t. Yesterday I read an article about a twitter thread by @mollybackes discussing the “impossible task” side effect of depression, today I see a tweet by @katie_masters29 encouraging writers who aren’t exactly writing right now: “Dear Writers Who Are Scared To Write, It's okay. Take your time. You're still a writer even if you're not currently writing. It doesn't make you a bad or fake writer. IT'S OKAY. You'll get there. You're still a writer, promise. #WritingCommunity #writerslife #Writers” I’m in one of those upswings right now where the actions are easy, or at least the impossibilities are easy to ignore. I’m running through life tearing off metaphorical bandaids and I am doing, doing, doing! I want to scream from the rafters, “Just do it!” Or, as my book club that’s currently reading @cathy.heller’s #dontkeepyourdayjob book, keeps chanting: CLARITY FOLLOWS ACTION! But I know, deeply in my soul, and through my own experience that it is both that easy and that difficult. So I am here today to echo Mr. Gaiman’s sentiments (because it is kind of a Neil-themed week for me too!) if you are wondering how to get your writing done (or anything else in your life, for that matter) you need to sit down and do it. Easy. Hard. Depends on the day. We all struggle with it, but fight against it. You deserve the clarity, you deserve the power that comes from getting it done, you can do it and we are all here cheering you on. Find the time today. Sit down at your keyboard and write, even if it’s just for ten minutes. Expect that’ll be easy. Expect that’ll be hard. Either way get it done. Let us know how it goes and how we can help. #stopwritingalone https://www.instagram.com/p/B7D3RX6Ht-T/?igshid=1nb5thrwb8imc
