Maybe you’re stuck at the moment. I hope not, but the truth is, we all get stuck from time to time.
And that’s okay. The important thing is to recognize when you’re stuck in a rut and pull yourself back out as soon as possible. But perhaps you’re like me and could use a little help getting unstuck…
What will you do today?
A. Well, I will get up, eat breakfast, go to work, come home, eat, watch TV and go to bed.
What will you do tomorrow?
A. Uhm… what do you mean?
You’re a writer. An artist.
You write about things that matter to you, and I’m sure you hope those things will matter to others, but even if they don’t, you’re still going to do the work.
That’s what artists do. It’s remarkable. But it’s more than that…
Comparison can kill your creativity. It can stop your writing in its tracks. When the comparison bug hits, you feel small, deflated, uncomfortable and uninspired.
Comparison makes you doubt your ability, your message and all that you originally felt driven and inspired by.
Comparison can make us play small. So let’s change that…
Lately I’ve been on a kind of meme creation craze. Basically, I started making these images with quotes a couple weeks ago and haven’t stopped.
I wasn’t sure what it was about putting text on images, whether to promote my books, my websites, or, quite honestly, simply for the sake of creating them. It’s addicting. And it’s kind of weird. But, I finally figured out the real reason…
Dry spells. They happen to the best of relationships. So what do you do when they happen to the relationship you have with your writing career?
One of the things I enjoy doing when publishing a new book is creating a few memes (easy to share pictures with famous or popular quotes on them) and share them via my blog and various social networks.
The memes I created for The Audacity to be a Writer are themed Awesome, Audacious and Inspiring Quotes. I hope you enjoy them.
I’ve been frozen with fear lately. My fingers and brain have felt paralyzed with my latest book….
The first quality that is needed is audacity. – Winston Churchill (Tweetable)
I am pleased to announce the publication of The Audacity to be a Writer: 50 Inspiring Articles on Writing that Could Change Your Life.
It’s a compilation of Positive Writer’s most popular articles and guest posts published on blogs such as: Goins Writer, The Write Practice, Helping Writers Become Authors and Bestseller Labs. Several brilliant bloggers who published their work on Positive Writer are included. Bloggers who you’re likely familiar with…