Tip # 100 Its your turn
Calling all writers! National newspapers usually allot a section to readers who want to try their hand at writing about a personal experience or about a how-to project that they can share with readers.
Youve always aspired to write, but you keep voicing out the same, tired excuse: Im not feeling inspired, or I have writers block.
Actually, accomplished writers all echo the same thing: dont wait for a flash of lightning to shake you out of the doldrums, or that writers block will go away and youll be churning out pages in no time. The only time youll write is when you stop procrastinating and start typing words on your keyboard. They dont have to be eloquent at first, just type whatever comes to mind.
For writers, the opposite of procrastinating is warming up. If you want to be a writer, you should take this very seriously. One brilliant writer suggested that to warm up, she uses this trick and it works 99.9% of the time.
Type a passage from a favorite authors book. Pretend youre the one writing it. Next, try to paraphrase it. You dont realize it but youve already started to write by putting your own words. If you devote 30 minutes each day doing this exercise, youll be on your merry way to being a wordsmith!
Result?
Procrastinator Of The Year
Dont let the fear of rejection make you procrastinate.
No rejection is fatal until the writer walks away from the battle leaving the written work behind, undefended and unwanted. But when youre spending too much time in each others company and its beginning to make you procrastinate in doing what your teachers and team leaders expect of you, arrange dates with your boyfriend ahead of time wherein you absolutely CANNOT get together. Youve craved for freedom frequently, but you still cant get to tell your mate that loves gone out the window. |