I don't even feel like I have time to write this, but I've pretty much watched ever other resolution I made for this year sink like the Titanic... with cement blocks pulling it down... and then a big tidal wave comes in and wrecks it... What I'm trying to say is my resolutions and sanity are hanging onto a thin thread right now. I almost cried trying to figure out how to spell 'tidal' so there you go.
I don't know how writers make the time. (Lies!) They choose to write instead of watching TV. Also, it's their job. What I mean to say is I don't know how aspiring writers make the time. I don't know how someone can work 40 plus hours a week, keep track of their family and social obligations, pay bills, and write.
I do sit down and write about every day or every other day. Most of the time I get about a sentence or two on the page before I realize how late it is and how early I have to be up tomorrow and how at this hour it's not really worth it anymore. So I close the computer and try to get my brain to shut up about how much I'm procrastinating and go to sleep.I am absolutely counting this as a self indulgent, 'woe is me' blog entry, but I need it. You need it too. The thing is, writing is hard. It takes a lot out of us, which is something non writers and/or creative types have a hard time grasping. But, what it gives us back is a clear head. The feeling of not being so alone. The feeling of accomplishment.
So you want to know my secret of making the time to write? I want it more than anything. Not to get all motivational speaker, but the only way to get something is to want it badly enough to put the rest of your life to the side. For an hour or so a day, just write. There it is. The secret to crafting something out of nothing. Time is created in the pen in your hand. (A play on words of 'palm of your hand.' Had to clarify.)
Also word wars.Happy writing!
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