Writing doesn't have to be a painful struggle, and with these tips you can make writing easy, from start to finish. Appreciating how you feel and being able to recall those feelings will inspire you to write next time you are struggling. We don’t mean reaching for the cookie jar, but simply take a moment to think about how good you feel. Writing every day is optimal, but if you can’t try and do it at least three times a week to keep those creative cogs turning.Įvery time you write, reward yourself. Slowly build up the amount of time you write until you are in a good routine where you feel like you are writing a satisfactory amount. Write in the morning for 10 minutes a day. Making time for your writing is so important but you don't have to start by writing hours each day.Īgain, if we equate it with exercise - no one expects you to take up running and complete a marathon on your first go. If you write regularly it will get easier. When we feel we are out of our comfort zone, that’s when we resist, but if we never go there, we’ll never progress. If that’s the case go back and read what you have written before - perhaps there are changes you need to make to previous chapters in order to help make the story flow more easily. Often it is because of fears or anxieties about your writing, but it can also be because you are finding a chapter particularly challenging. Next time you find yourself procrastinating, sit at your desk and write down why you don’t want to write today. Try to use your resistance to writing, and think about it positively. When you are done you feel fantastic, and know that you are one step closer to achieving your goal. Once you are there however, and begin, though hard work, it is actually quite enjoyable.
You think about it for ages before you start, building yourself up, and, as the time gets closer, think of loads of reason why you shouldn’t go, instead dwelling on all the other things that suddenly need ‘urgent attention’ to get you out of it. Writing can be equated to going to the gym.
Once you have reached your writing goal whether it’s to finish that chapter, write that blog post, or just reach the word count you’ve set for yourself that day, then you can finish and move on to your other daily tasks - you’ll feel great, and make real progress with your writing too. Often you’ll find once you have started you’ll easily get into the swing of things. Of course, really writing should be our priority.Ī common technique for successful business people is to write down their tasks for the day and then work through them, tackling the biggest, most difficult task (the one they are dreading doing) first, then everything else they have to do seems easy. Walking the dog, doing the laundry, exercising, catching up on your correspondence - all of these have been used time and time again by writers claiming that they need to finish these tasks before their mind feels settled and clear enough to work creatively. There is always something that 'needs' to get done before we will actually get on with it. Writers, against what one might expect, often have the tidiest houses on the planet, simply because they spend a lot of the time they are supposed to be working on their craft, polishing every last nook and cranny just to avoid actually sitting down to write! Resisting your urges to write is a common problem, and one that many writers struggle with. Should writing be this difficult? And can we do anything to make it easier? We do anything we can think of to delay having to do it, and yet we absolutely have to do it. It feels like a struggle, yet is also deeply rewarding and satisfying, it can be terrifying yet exhilarating. Writing for a living or as a hobby can be a strange, emotional pastime. Why do we find sitting down to write so difficult when it is something that we love?
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