Today's 100 words:
Last night a friend in a writing chat room said that, while it's fine to sit and wait for inspiration to strike, sometimes one has to go out with a big stick and hunt it down. I can see her point: it's too easy to give up when we don't feel inspired. I don't think there's anything wrong with staring at the monitor until our creative minds click and we hit upon something to write, but I do agree that sometimes we have to be more aggressive in our search for ideas: freewrite, research, read. Be unafraid of writing crap.
I completely agree. I'd say 90 percent of the time writing is difficult for me. But it's something I just have to sit down and make myself do. But after the first painful few minutes it becomes a little easier. Starting is always the hardest part, yet it comes every day.
ReplyDeleteIn my case, the latter especially!
ReplyDeleteI agree, Kate. Starting is the hard part for me, too. Once I get going, I wonder why it was so hard to begin...
ReplyDeleteDeb: :)