Just a reminder

[alanajoli]

Thinking about writing isn't writing.

Talking about writing isn't writing.

Blogging about writing isn't even writing.

Doing research to prepare for writing still isn't writing.

Writing is writing.

This is something I needed to be reminded today. If writing is a priority, then you have to write. There's nothing else to it.

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Note: I did a friend list purge today. If you feel you have been removed in error, please let me know! I got a little zealous toward the end. Also, hello new people! It was fun to see people adding me during the month that I wasn't blogging at all. Something about the stars aligning, I think.

Comments

[elven-wolf.livejournal.com]

Yay I'm still here!

And I'm totally there with you on the 'writing about writing is not writing'. It can get me through times of not writing due to work stress or time and whatnot, but it can only go so far.

Surprisingly, doing NaNo this year, for the first time ever, has helped me recapture that initial joy of writing.

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

Of course you're still here! I don't want to miss the big news when Legacy of Olympus gets picked up by a publisher. :)

Good luck on NaNo! I think I'm glad I'm not doing it this year--and in fact, I think I'm going to drop out of JoNoWriMo tonight also after I post to that community, explaining why. I've really been looking for external motivators, and I think I need to make an internal change for me to actually get back to my writing zone rather than depending on others. We'll see, though. I may yet stick it out and get back to that community. There's good people there.