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It’s been awhile since my last blog post. Maybe a month, and with the exception of my Paranormal Month posts in May, I’ve been inconsistent this year. At the height of my blog I was posting five times a week and working on novels. I miss that. For me, writing, whether it be a 600 word blog post or working on a novel, I need to feel good, happy, emotionally strong.
You know that old saying, “fake it until you make it”? I’m going to try that. I’m going to reverse engineer my writing. Rather than waiting until my universe aligns the way I want it to, I’m going try to pull it there by writing whether I’m feeling it or not. This post is that first step…
Have you ever run into this in your writing career, where you’re just not feeling it, but you know you should be writing?
Hi, it’s nice to see you again ~Phil
Yes, to your question “Have you ever run into this in your writing career, where you’re just not feeling it, but you know you should be writing?”
Inspiration is overrated. I think it is more perspiration that produces results. I find it best to set a word goal each day. once reached. . . STOP even if you want to continue. Mine is 500 and when I get there I move on to other things. I do leave a line at the end which will be my reminder for the next session. I still do six posts a week plus novels and if I waited for inspiration I would not be that far. Best wishes, Phil.
Thanks John! I’ve always marveled at your consistency
Good luck.
I should have made clear the word goal is on my novels. I hardly hit 500 on each post. I like ’em short.
Oh yes, I feel like this from time to time. The WordPress daily prompts are supposed to help but, since they repeat the same ones over and over, they actually have the opposite effect …