You Don't Need To Take

Next Morning I Went Over To Paul’s For Coffee And Told Him I Had Finished. “good For You,” He Said Without Looking Up. “start The Next One Today.

There's A Secret That Real Writers Know That Wannabe Writers Don't, And The Secret Is This: It's Not The Writing Part That's Hard. What's Hard Is Sitting Down To Write. What Keeps Us From Sitting Down Is Resistance.

Right Now With Blogs And The Flood Of Internet Access, A Multitude Of Aspiring Writers Think They're Ready For Prime Time. They're Not. Be Great. Read. Write. Bust Your Ass. Learn And Find Your Voice. As Hard As You Think It Is, It's A Hundred Times Harder.

The Problem I've Always Discovered In My Own Work When This Kind Of Thing Happens When You Hit The Wall Is There's Almost Always A Reason. You've Almost Always Made A Mistake In The Initial Conception Of The Project. You Misapprehended Something Or You Thought Something Would Work And Now You're Three Quarters On The Way Through And You See That It Doesn't Work.

Do You Love Your Idea? Does It Feel Right On Instinct? Are You Willing To Bleed For It?