Thank you for Nicole Waters for this piece of advice.
Writers are in the business of doing the work of the hard things. In the case of writing, you must make this constant decision:
Am I going to write?
This question is always going to be one which you will, must, answer. You must understand the work isn’t going away, but you will have to do it. Not doing it will never be an answer.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
Rage against the Writers’ Block.
Fight for the words, fight for the time, and fight for the right to create!
Life is hard, and busy! But you must understand what it means to be writer, and how being a writer can be equal parts demanding and difficult.
But, I need you to understand that you have to choose your hard.
Either writer or don’t write. But, which one would you rather do?
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
What would you write if you were never afraid?
What you would write if you believed you could?
What would it be like to write without fear?
Today…use that fear—and write anyway.
Today, I want you to channel the apprehension, the doubt, the fear of failure and create. After all, writing is alchemy! You are changing something that is not into something that is.
Fear is the roadblock to creativity. But if you harness it? You can grab stars.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
The beginning.
The beginning is always the hardest part of any new thing.
The beginning signifies decisions, choices, and the yielding of yourself to something else. It is the start of a new thing.
Your new work? Your new idea? You new thought?
That is your new thing…that is your beginning. That is the place where all things are new, stay new, and subject to your control. Decide to not just start–there is not power behind a start, only a direction or location.
A beginning equips you with a plan and a trajectory! It allows you to have the confidence and power to keep going. So, begin.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
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