Ready, get set, STOP WRITING!
No, seriously. If you want to write well, check out this must read by short story novelist and reading enthusiast Kayla Ann. Published and well on her way to holding a Masters in English/Creative writing, she gets the impulse to forge on.
What serious writer doesn’t?
The MUSE is demanding if nothing else. She can also hide a great many warts that we writers will not see if we rush to get our darlings out the door. Don’t believe me? Read on…and I hope you’ll join me in following Kayla Ann.
Write on!
“Stop writing?!”
“But Kayla,” you may ask me, “how can you tell me to stop writing? Shouldn’t we keep writing? After all, we are writers! How can we be writers if we are not writing? How does stopping our writing actually help our writing? Isn’t that contradictory?”
Now before you turn away from me and shake your head in disgust, hear me out.
I’m not saying that we should stop all writing. I am saying that you should stop working on the project you’re currently working on once you have finished it. For writers there is this huge urge that once we finally finish a project we automatically want to go back through, edit, and send it to a publisher. It’s just not realistic guys. In order for a work to be good you need to utilize the power of distance.
Now some of you may be wondering…
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I’ve nominated you for the Blogger Recognition Award! Congrats 🙂
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My goodness, that’s so sweet. Thank you! :^)
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Thank you for sharing and for that awesome introduction! I like your writing style!
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I’m glad to share, Kayla Ann. Your approach fits perfectly with my mindset of self-care, too. We have to honor the process. Part of that is giving ourselves distance when the world dictates a different pace. Write on ;^)
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