8th June 2017 | for Creatives | writing, KEEP CREATING, the creative life, Ryan G. Van Cleave |
"'You should write every day': that's a terrific idea... in theory. I should also swim 20 laps every day, mow my lawn twice a month, and grade student papers the moment they're turned in. But like you, I'm busy and don't do all the things I ought to do when I 'should' do them. I accept that."
"You need to write. This seems axiomatic because it is. The only way to amass a pile of words into a book is to shovel some every single day. No days off. You have to form this habit; without it you are screwed. I'm going to assume [you] already have this down. If you don't—you won't make it."
"You don't get sick days. A day you don't work is a day that accumulates nothing toward your needs. You're the hunter, now. You don't hunt? You don't eat."
"Newsflash: nobody has the time to write a novel except established novelists. And even then you'd be surprised how easily life intrudes."
"Writing, for me, works best as a daily practice, at least when I'm on a project. When I'm on a project, it's good to be immersed in it, to return to it, daily."
"I think it's probably good to believe whatever will encourage you to write."
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