How many of you can relate to the sentiment in this graphic? Do you wake up every morning excited about writing? Is writing a natural part of your life?
If so, what inspires you to embrace this obsession? The purpose of this post is to attempt to determine the things that drive us to write and to not give up. Many of us our independent authors (I prefer this term over self-published). We outsource our publishing to platforms like Amazon, CreateSpace and others. We use cover designers and editors just as a traditional publisher would or perform these services on our own.
Why do we do this without a guarantee that anyone will read our work? Here are some of my reasons.
Writing has been a lifelong goal – Since my childhood I have been enthralled with books. I read everything I could get my hands on and wrote…
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Thanks again for sharing this, Chris.
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Welcome, Don 😀
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I am inspired by women and wine and all things divine. An overheard word, on a train enters one’s brain and a poem emerges, perchance converges with other thought and thus a poem is wrought.
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Sheer poetry, Kevin LOL
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As National Novel Writing Month approaches, I will try to keep that in mind! (Yes, I’m in for that insanity again. I just need the “rah-rah!”) Have a thriving Thursday!
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Good Luck with it, Teagan – MFH🤗Gs
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