Those who merely dream are at the mercy of those who actually do.
The Future
Your future comes one choice at a time.
Your Innate Wiring Harness
Understanding your gifts helps you enhance what you have to work with.
Using What You Got
Diligence and perseverance, coupled with just showing up, can turn ordinary into extraordinary.
Motivation (When You Don’t Feel Like It)
Ten two-letter words are all it takes to nudge you toward your goals: if it is to be, it is up to me.
Impact
As a writer, you can shape the lives of others.
Bottom Line
Do it!
Your Thoughts?
How do you go about fulfilling your call to write?
11 responses to “Motivation for Writers: Transforming Dreams into Reality”
I can really identify with the quit too early problem. I always got B+ or A- on my high school reportcards. It seems like when I worked really hard, I got an A-. It was such a deterrant to me that I never worked super really hard. I never knew how to go above and beyond until I got to college in my late twenties.
A+, Marsha! The spark that ignites the flame may differ, but the magic that happens keeps most of us coming back for more and more.
Amen, my friend. I sent you some SCD stuff by email today. Hope you get it. 🙂
Got it! Thanks, Marsha.
Yay!
That “just do it” approach is pretty effective for me.
Even if I don’t get the results desired, I always learn something that makes the efforts worthwhile.
Sitting down and doing it is surely the difference maker. I’m working on my own book project.nice got the material and I’m in the process of sorting through it to see what sticks and stays and what goes. I think people (including me) don’t realize how much work goes into “writing a book” and thus are immediately intimidated by it once they start. Thanks for these suggestions, Grant. Definitely food for thought.
You’re welcome, Rainer! Glad you stopped by and are writing a book. I look forward to hearing of your progress. Enjoy the writing journey!
A few years back, I read a scholarly book about how the brain learns new skills. (Rats, I can’t remember the name of the book.) One of the points that the author made was that a lot of people quit right before mastering a skill because it was hard getting to the 90-percent accomplished mark, and that last 10 percent is surely too hard, right? I keep telling myself to move forward, keep going, keep trying, keep learning, keep writing because I don’t want to give up right before I get good at this writing thing.
You reminded me of my favorite quad graphic. It starts in the upper-right quadrant labeled UNAWARE. Drops to the box immediately below titled AWARE. Then slips to the right into the quad that takes time: LEARN/PRACTICE. Finally, it ascends to INTUITIVE. As you so aptly stated, reaching that INTUITIVE state is hard work—lots of it—but when you hit your stride, look out world!