Comments on: What I Know About Writing

By: Torrie

Torrie — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 06:44:18 +0000

I love your last thought especially–it reminded me of something I read in Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird that basically expressed the same sentiment. As an unpublished writer myself, I know I sometimes fall into that trap of thinking that I'll finally feel validated about all my work (and especially all the time I've put into it) only once I'm published. But when I actually (finally!) set the goal to write up the first draft of my novel this year, I had to just ease off the pressure of publication and tell myself that I was just going to write it for me. Do I still want it to get published? Sure. But I've got to do it for ME first before I start worrying about seeking validation elsewhere.

Hope that made sense.

Anyway, loved this post!

http://autodidacticambitions.blogspot.com

By: runwright

runwright — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 00:31:48 +0000

I enjoyed the honesty and frankness of this post. Writing a novel sometimes sounds like such a cosmopolitan thing to do, but a lot of it is getting out of bed to record an idea that just hit, scribbling it on the closest thing you can find, with your hair wild and stuck to your cheek and dried bits in the corner of your eyes.
Not glamorous at all. But so worth it when you're done.
http://Runwright.net

By: Kristina @ Medicine and Manicures

Kristina @ Medicine and Manicures — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 23:18:40 +0000

SO so glad you're doing what you love now. Keep it up!!

xo, Kristina
Medicine & Manicures

By: Myra

Myra — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 13:13:26 +0000

I don't know how you writers do it! Y'all are some seriously amazing folks. I think writing my blog is hard sometimes, so there's that 😉 lol! xoxox

By: Micah

Micah — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 02:03:54 +0000

Nailed it. This is exactly what writing is.

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 01:33:06 +0000

The last one is so true! Insecurity is always there.

By: The Girl who Loved to Write

The Girl who Loved to Write — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 21:29:07 +0000

"The first draft is just telling yourself the story." YOU ARE A QUEEN. Such a good way of phrasing that!

By: Nadine Lynn

Nadine Lynn — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:06:36 +0000

I think that the key to any hobby or passion is that you have to just do it. You have to start. For whatever reason, starting is the scary part.

By: Jo Ann Sauter

Jo Ann Sauter — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 17:17:48 +0000

I'm so thrilled that this one little gift turned into something so meaningful. This journal is a treasured memory for you and for me. I look forward to all the stories it prompts. With love, Aunt Jo Ann