This ties in to Angie's blog, which was great, BTW! For me, motivation is the main problem. Or lack thereof. It's so much easier to pick up a book than to write. Sure, the ideas are there, but do I really want to take the time to put them on "paper"?
Too often that answer is no.
Sometimes the stress of living gets in the way of the words. In moments like these, I wonder why I'm trying to be in this business when the butt avoids the chair like repelling magnets. Lately I'm having a huge motivation issue, due in part to stress in my life. But I need to get over it, how can I expect to be an author if I can't find the motivation?
And I really want to be published. Which is motivation in itself.
What's your motivation to write?
can we wear one of these at conference? 'Cause that would be AWESOME!
For Christie!
hahahahahaha
4 comments:
I would love to quit my day job and write full-time. I also want to see my work in print.
That's motivation enough to keep me going.
for me? it's more of a need to write. i would love to be published but if i never am, i'm okay with it. as long as these fingers can still fly across the keyboard and create a story that i love, then i'm good. being published would just be a great added bonus.
maybe that's why if i'm unmotivated to write, it doesn't bother me too much. i'm just as happy reading what someone else has written and living in their world for a while.
I want to be published. I have this whole dream about having the writers lifestyle and I want it very much. That's the motivation that keeps me working. In my dream I have lunch every week or so with my fabulous buddies (you guys) and we discuss interesting plot lines and fun new characters.
I write because it's just who I am, who I've always been. I achieved my goal of doing it for a living - now I just want to take it a step farther and publish stuff that is dying to get out of my head. I don't write because I like to read and think it's something I can do. I've invested a lot of years into it, not just romance writing but all kinds, so not writing would make me feel kind of lost and just weird. I am a pretty disciplined person and work better under pressure, so I don't see myself giving up. Ever. Everyone has different motivations - you just have to do what's right for you.
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