Hello everyone!! Sorry it’s been a while since my last post, I’ve had a super hectic week and the odd struggle to contend with. See I suffer with something called crohns disease which excuse the pun, has been nothing but a pain in my ass recently. I’ve also found myself getting de-motivated at times as the scale of some tasks become daunting, hence why I’ve spent the last few days away from my current projects and A.P Writing. But believe it or not I’m actually glad I’ve had these difficult days to deal with, because they’ve helped me put certain things into perspective. Now as I sit here writing this post I feel much more relaxed, motivated once again after a few days reflection and time spent mostly lost in good books. Over the course of those few days I suddenly came to realise that this dream of mine, the one in which I make it within the big bad world of writing, is no quick fix. So, with that in mind I thought this is as good a place as any to focus my latest post.
Somehow I’d gotten hooked on the belief that I was just going to achieve success and it would be quick in coming. Those notions make me look and feel rather foolish now, there is no set process that needs to be followed for success, only hard work and determination. Each individual writer has their own way of doing things, their own processes if you like, and with that comes varying results. Something that works for one writer might not work for another and this is what I’ve learned. I’d often find myself reading how one author had used a certain process and then think oh well that will work for me, how wrong I was. Of course, take what you can from another person’s success and use it to your advantage, but don’t fall into the trap of believing that it will always work for you too.
Now enough with the negativity, lets add a sprinkle of positivity, shall we? In time we will all achieve our goals, whether tomorrow, or ten years from now it doesn’t matter. Just try not to make everything so serious, that’s how you end up de-motivated like me, good things quite often take time. I truly believe that, and with time comes experience, we only have to look at some of the worlds most famous and successful writers to see it can be a waiting game. Tad Williams worked numerous jobs over many years until finally getting his big break, Christopher Paolini toured over one hundred schools all across America promoting Eragon before he found success. JK Rowling’s story is perhaps the most motivating, working on the first draft of Harry Potter for over five years, raising a young child while penniless and still managing to write. I think what Williams, Paolini and Rowling show us is that if you want to achieve those lofty dreams then you can, but you have to work hard and never let doubts or disbelief’s get in the way. I’m sure there where many times they wanted to give up under mounting doubt, but they didn’t and look at them now.
Thanks for taking the time to read through my post, I hope you can take something useful from it and don’t fall into the same mistakes as me. Feel free to comment and I’ll see you all soon.
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