Ok, so it’s been over a month since Christmas, and a lot of people
still haven’t got back into their original writing routines. I know it’s
difficult trying to maintain a routine over the holidays, so we let it lapse.
Or, at least, I let it lapse. That’s right, you heard me correctly, I fell prey
to the horrible beast known as procrastination. I’m usually really good at keeping
up a working method, but recently I’ve only been working in drips and drabs, so
please allow me to formally apologize to all my readers for my lack of
motivation and lack of blog updates.
So here we are, back on track and ready to work. It’s the new year, but
late in the month which means that most people have already given up their New
Year’s resolutions, (they were too ambitious anyway). Promising to write 5000
words per day proving too difficult? Trying to write everyday only to be bombarded
with chores? Well don’t panic, it happens to all of us, but now we must get
going again. Get back into the work ethic that we recently lost, but how do we
do that? It’s a tricky question, but one I’m sure a lot of people will have
their own answer for.
Personally, I’m just gonna have to sit down and force myself to write
something, anything, and get back into the literary flow. That’s the only way
forward for the likes of me. Push through the hard bit and I will prevail. I
will write my average word-count everyday, as I used to. 3 times a week I will
end my day by posting my blog for you guys to read. I will edit my previous
novel and send it to be published. These things I will do, because my
motivation is that I want to. If you are losing the motivation to get started
again, remember that you want to do it. For whatever reason, whether it’s
because you like writing, or like having the goal of completing a novel, you want
to write. So write.
Tell me what you think. What are your motivations for writing?
Read, follow, comment and enjoy. M x