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How often do you work on your writing? [Other questions on how much you write.]
I would advise to put in your mind that any writing you get done is good, and it is all excellent practice no matter how small.
The bad word is fail. Setting goals is good, but it is bad if it allows you to define what failing is for you. It has been pointed out to me numerous times until it mostly sticks that comparing oneself to what others do is searching for the definition of failure. Let's not do that.
Like all the other authors answering this thread have related, we all write except when we don't. It makes us a writer. Personally, when I am in a groove, I can write thousands of words. Then again, I also burnt-out for 14 years and wrote nothing during that time. I do write stuff for Mastodon more periodically than I am actually writing for sale or online publishing, but that's just seasonal. Sometimes the need to write is so intense, characters wake me up in the middle of the night and won't let me sleep.
I am #actuallyautistic, so I've had to learn what works for me, learn how to (in your parlance) lock the cat out of the room, and be okay with writing when the feeling hits me—willing to put the world on hold to do so. Keep focused on you and what you want to do, writing so it feels good and not writing when it doesn't. The rest you'll eventually figure out.
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How often do you work on your writing? [Other questions on how much you write.]
I would advise to put in your mind that any writing you get done is good, and it is all excellent practice no matter how small.
The bad word is fail. Setting goals is good, but it is bad if it allows you to define what failing is for you. It has been pointed out to me numerous times until it mostly sticks that comparing oneself to what others do is searching for the definition of failure. Let's not do that.
Like all the other authors answering this thread have related, we all write except when we don't. It makes us a writer. Personally, when I am in a groove, I can write thousands of words. Then again, I also burnt-out for 14 years and wrote nothing during that time. I do write stuff for Mastodon more periodically than I am actually writing for sale or online publishing, but that's just seasonal. Sometimes the need to write is so intense, characters wake me up in the middle of the night and won't let me sleep.
I am #actuallyautistic, so I've had to learn what works for me, learn how to (in your parlance) lock the cat out of the room, and be okay with writing when the feeling hits me—willing to put the world on hold to do so. Keep focused on you and what you want to do, writing so it feels good and not writing when it doesn't. The rest you'll eventually figure out.
Adding a few more hashtags to see if others will read the original post and add their thoughts.
#writing #writers #writer #author #writersOfMastodon #BoostingIsSharing