Saturday, May 21, 2011

If You Can't Remember Why, Remember That

Every endeavor has difficulties. Some at the beginning, some the middle, some the end, and some at every friggin' step along the way.

Whichever one writing may be for you, it sure ain't easy street. When you hit the rough points, you lose sight. You lose focus. You lose your memories. You forget why you chose writing in the first place.

No path is easy, nor is there any easy way out of the difficult times (if there was, they wouldn't really be that difficult), but you can always persevere.

If you can't remember why you're a writer, remember that you're a writer. Hold on to this truth and keep it close to you. You know it is truth because you chose this path in the first place. It doesn't happen by accident; it happens by conscious effort.

When you don't know what to write or why to write, remember that you have to write. If you cannot see the truth now, continue moving and it will reappear to you.

1 comment:

  1. That's right. And I heard, somewhere, something about prayer, that you don't have to know what to say in prayer; if you are trying, you are doing it right.

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