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    </div><p id="e004">It’s not that my backup list consists only of sub-standard material. There are probably some great themes there to be addressed. Given a bit of time and effort, I’m sure I could turn those half-baked ideas into something worthwhile.</p><p id="1407">But, if I use up my backlog, I fear the idea of free-floating — of not being able to come up with another good/great idea some early morning when my fuzzy brain refuses to cooperate and spit out a fresh idea for that day’s writing.</p><p id="b5cf">My backup list is my writing insurance policy.</p><p id="9740">As long as I have my backup list, I have a safety net.</p><div id="4d62" class="link-block">
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    </div><p id="0234">My backup list contains more than basic article ideas. I also have a wild and crazy desire to undertake some much bigger and meatier projects. I want to add a few more titles to my half dozen eBooks written over the past few years. I want to get started on some podcast and video concepts that appeal to me. I want to revamp my website that limps along on life support.</p><p id="b65c">All of this exists trapped within the confines of the aforementioned sacred backup list. Someday, when I stop racing around in an effort to be spontaneous with each new day’s writing project, I might just sit back and evaluate some of these ideas for their ultimate potential.</p><figure id="5ba9"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*mfj-KUbVwLj9ROMi"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsp

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Finding My Writing Muse — Wherever It May Be

Maybe my muse knows more about my writing potential than I think.

Much like most writers, I suspect, I have a backup list of potential creative ideas I can fall back on when the writing muse vacates the premises temporarily.

The items on this list might be as simple as a phrase or a working title. They might be as complicated as a few sentences that seem to flow together. These ideas are seldom any more complex than that. They are just small snippets that can usually be counted on to evolve in one way or another into a suitable article or other project.

The thing is, I really don’t like to invade this backup list. I would prefer to save this list of topics for a time when I am truly desperate and devoid of any useful thought. And — I hope I am never in that position.

Every morning, as my foggy brain starts to regain consciousness after a good night’s sleep (or, occasionally, a restless, insomnia-ridden night of tossing and turning), one of my first thoughts revolves around coming up with a topic du jour as my focus for the day.

I’ve been on a winning streak lately. I don’t have an over-abundance of fresh ideas, but each day I do have at least one very workable plan for my writing. And, one is all it takes to keep me away from the sacred backup list of potential article topics.

My Motivation for Writing can Change from One Day to the Next

It’s a scary thing, but it keeps me on my toes.

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It’s not that my backup list consists only of sub-standard material. There are probably some great themes there to be addressed. Given a bit of time and effort, I’m sure I could turn those half-baked ideas into something worthwhile.

But, if I use up my backlog, I fear the idea of free-floating — of not being able to come up with another good/great idea some early morning when my fuzzy brain refuses to cooperate and spit out a fresh idea for that day’s writing.

My backup list is my writing insurance policy.

As long as I have my backup list, I have a safety net.

Sometimes, My Worst Writing is My Best

And what that should mean to me.

medium.com

My backup list contains more than basic article ideas. I also have a wild and crazy desire to undertake some much bigger and meatier projects. I want to add a few more titles to my half dozen eBooks written over the past few years. I want to get started on some podcast and video concepts that appeal to me. I want to revamp my website that limps along on life support.

All of this exists trapped within the confines of the aforementioned sacred backup list. Someday, when I stop racing around in an effort to be spontaneous with each new day’s writing project, I might just sit back and evaluate some of these ideas for their ultimate potential.

Who knows? There just might be a true gem hidden among the rubble — something that really stands out and takes off in a way nothing I’ve produced up to this point ever has.

Maybe my insurance policy is more of a straight jacket — keeping a strangle-hold on some of my more creative ideas. Instead of being protected by my safety net, I may just be restricting myself by my own self-imposed limiting mindset.

Could it be that I’m playing it safe with my efforts to come up with fresh, simple input each day rather than let some of my deeper instincts have a chance to percolate in my brain and finally, maybe painfully, create something I can truly be proud of?

Maybe it’s time to break into the vault of potential backup material and see where it takes me.

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I Am/I’m Not a Freelance Writer

I don’t always meet my own expectations.

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“Good” Excuses for Not Writing

If you’re not writing, you’re not writing — No excuse exonerates you.

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