Dealing with writing problems There are, and probably always will be, some problems that a writer has to deal with. Here are a couple, and ways to deal with them.
Dream Breakers You will always get people that tell you that you are wasting your time, or think that you are crazy for doing what you are doing. (Sometimes that person might even be you!) Decide beforehand how you are going to deal with these people. Remember that there are millions upon millions of books out there, and each one of them was written by a person. You have the right to enjoy writing as much as those other authors have the right to enjoy writing, so whenever someone asks you what you are trying to accomplish, or tells you that you are wasting your time, tell them that is fine, you are enjoying what you are doing.
Deal with fear Sometimes, especially if you are writing or thinking about writing your first book, you will have to deal with fear. Don’t let that fear keep you from writing, rather use it as a tool. Sit down behind your keyboard and explore the full fear factor. You will soon realise that the keyboard cannot bite. There is a backspace button, you can change things you don’t like. Start out small, write an overview of the book that you want to write, and then start exploring that overview, expand on it, take small bites, until you are so submerged in your book that you have forgotten about the fear. Then finish your first book, and start the second.
Procrastination That one word, procrastination, is the killer of many good things, especially time. Don’t put your writing off until tomorrow. Make the time, tell the family to leave you alone, use your writing time. At some point in the future, you want to have a complete copy of your book. It is your dream, a thought that keeps you awake at night. Every day that you put of working on your book, is a day longer that you have to wait to make your dream a reality. Stop that, start turning your dream into a reality right now, today! When you are done writing today, know that you are one day closer to realising your dream. If you don’t write today, scold yourself, for you are one day behind on reaching your goal.
Deal with distractions and interruptions Some interruptions, especially family, are just not avoidable, but some are. Put your phone on silent, switch off the internet. If the kids or the next door neighbours are noisy, listen to your favourite music. Tell your immediate family not to bug you unless they really have to.
OK, so I have mentioned a few of the problems writers face that you will have to learn to deal with. If you have any others, feel free to add them here, and tell us how you are going to deal with them, or better still, how you are already dealing with them. Leon
There are, and probably always will be, some problems that a writer has to deal with. Here are a couple, and ways to deal with them.
Dream Breakers
You will always get people that tell you that you are wasting your time, or think that you are crazy for doing what you are doing. (Sometimes that person might even be you!) Decide beforehand how you are going to deal with these people. Remember that there are millions upon millions of books out there, and each one of them was written by a person. You have the right to enjoy writing as much as those other authors have the right to enjoy writing, so whenever someone asks you what you are trying to accomplish, or tells you that you are wasting your time, tell them that is fine, you are enjoying what you are doing.
Deal with fear
Sometimes, especially if you are writing or thinking about writing your first book, you will have to deal with fear. Don’t let that fear keep you from writing, rather use it as a tool. Sit down behind your keyboard and explore the full fear factor. You will soon realise that the keyboard cannot bite. There is a backspace button, you can change things you don’t like. Start out small, write an overview of the book that you want to write, and then start exploring that overview, expand on it, take small bites, until you are so submerged in your book that you have forgotten about the fear. Then finish your first book, and start the second.
Procrastination
That one word, procrastination, is the killer of many good things, especially time. Don’t put your writing off until tomorrow. Make the time, tell the family to leave you alone, use your writing time. At some point in the future, you want to have a complete copy of your book. It is your dream, a thought that keeps you awake at night. Every day that you put of working on your book, is a day longer that you have to wait to make your dream a reality. Stop that, start turning your dream into a reality right now, today! When you are done writing today, know that you are one day closer to realising your dream. If you don’t write today, scold yourself, for you are one day behind on reaching your goal.
Deal with distractions and interruptions
Some interruptions, especially family, are just not avoidable, but some are. Put your phone on silent, switch off the internet. If the kids or the next door neighbours are noisy, listen to your favourite music. Tell your immediate family not to bug you unless they really have to.
OK, so I have mentioned a few of the problems writers face that you will have to learn to deal with. If you have any others, feel free to add them here, and tell us how you are going to deal with them, or better still, how you are already dealing with them.
Leon