The Making of a Writer

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But I suppose everything worth doing is, hm? My two big challenges right now are finding time and finding heart.

Finding time

I knew this would be a tough one, and it is. What with the work, the kids, and all that, finding time to just write is tough. But not impossible, and others have done it.

It’s meaning making some choices, adjusting sleep times, and other changes. But it’s important, so I’ll do it. Having a supportive wife helps!

Finding heart

Sitting down to that screen and filling it up with characters is tough. Especially when the characters are coming together to make crap. See, that’s that internal editor all the writing self-help books I’ve distracted myself with over the years tell me I need to ignore. So I try that, and keep plugging along. I hope the just-write-edit-later part gets easier. I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist anyway, so it’s really tough to put something down and, knowing it needs fixing, not try to fix it right away.

Just gotta remember that train: I think I can! I think I can!

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