Keep Writing. Even When You Do Not Feel Like it.
Good days. Bad days. Every single day.
I get it. Good days are tough to come by, and bad days are sprinkled throughout the week. Chances are, we experience more bad days than good. That is the exact reason to write daily, instead of waiting for good days to appear.
I know what you are going to say too. Life hijacks. Yes, I concur. There are scheduled obligations and expected demands from anyone, anywhere. Assuming that we get to work at our desk undisturbed for the entire day is incredibly naive.
However, if we want to make a living out of writing, we will have to write daily. That is because writing is a skill that compounds over time, just like financial investments. When we stop writing for that day, we stagnate for a day. When we shelf our writing commitment for a week, we regress.
What can we do when we are tight on time?
This is my take, based on personal experience.
Write short. Ignore the duration of the read. We need to have the confidence that our 3-minute long stories are as good as 6-minute long ones. The difference in the length of the stories has nothing to do with our ability to produce quality work. Instead, it measures our ability to cope with life while maintaining our commitment to better our craft.
And when we write short, we practice a different sub-set of our writing. A marathon runner does not always run long-distance for training. They have to get back to track intervals because running fast trains their anaerobic system, which is necessary for the runner to outsprint their competitors at the finishing chute.
It applies to writers as well. Our ability to get to the point is as valuable as the ability to elaborate on and expand our thought processes in glorious detail.
This is my genuine opinion.
Never stop practising. Write. Keep it as short as necessary. We never know how our day will look like, but we can maintain our commitment to flexibility.
Keep Practising,
Aldric
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