Discouragement. Doubt. Self-rejecting.
These are the dragons writers must continually slay. It is not sufficient to leash them, they must be slain. At their deaths, you fuel your pen.
Do not reason with discouragement.
Do not listen to doubt.
Do not think so little of your imagination that you will not entertain or humor it.
Slay the dragons.
And dispatch them without mercy.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
With this being the first month of a new year, of a new decade, I am excited for the new work that is coming. I am excited about the work I am starting–and the work you are doing as well.
What are you working on?
What needs to be completed?
And why haven’t you started it? You should.
Get to it.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
You have 4 days until the end of the year. That means you have 96 hours until there is a new decade staring you in the face. With that cold reality, I want to remind you that you can do it.
Do what, you might ask? You can still do all you desire to do. The time you have to create, to manifest, to think, to plan is still there.
96 hours.
You still have time.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
As this year speeds to a close, I leave you with one thing: belief in self.
The path is of the arts is fraught with doubts. Filled with second-guessing and the evil, diabolical non support of the people who say they love you.
But, what I want to tell you with 7 calendar days left of this year is stop listening to that does not serve, assist, value or help.
Stop feeding that which hurts.
This is so often the most difficult thing! That type of thinking hobbles, cripples and will kill anything creative—or different in you! I have had to discover this in my own self this week. My creative achievements are not based on the opinions of other people. My success is not determined by what other people think about it. There will always be a salty-select to remind you of failures, setbacks and other useless shenanigans.
Stop feeding what hurts.
Make the decision to give up the things which weigh you down–and soar.
You have world to conquer.
Being a writer means you will/may always have questions. The toughest ones to answer always involve The Why.
Why do you write?
Why aren’t you writing?
Why are you afraid to write?
Regardless of genre, or length of project, you will have to answer these questions.
Sometimes once during the course of a work, sometimes repeatedly in the course of a day!
But they must be answered.
Moreover, they must be answered by you.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
The end of the month—end of the year!—is in a matter of weeks.
To that observation, I leave you with this question:
What if you believed you could do it?
I mean it, what would happen you believed you could write the work you set out to create—independent of other people’s opinions or support?
Only you can answer this. And should do so immediately.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
Begin the beginning.
The blank page is waiting for you to etch all your thoughts on! Never allow the fear of a start to cheat you out of what awaits you! You need only continue!
Begin the beginning.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
