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Hi SEers. John here with you again. I hope you all had a great weekend and are looking forward to the week. Okay, I know that sounded a little bit desperate but having a post responsibility on a Monday is a little like doing stand-up comedy at an 8:00 AM session of a funeral directors’ convention.
Today I want to talk a bit about our motivation and our writing. No, I’m not going to give tricks on how to motivate the writing experience. I have already done that number. On the contrary, I want to take a few minutes to discuss a few of the motivation killers to become recognizable.
I know we try to convince ourselves that we don’t need the motivation to write. We love doing it so much that all we have to do is sit down at the keyboard, and we…
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Thank you for sharing the post today, Chris. 😊
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we all need motivation from time to time, especially when things aren’t falling into place as planned
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So true, Beth. Thank you.
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My biggest obstacle is people saying I don’t have what it takes to be a writer, or I’m too old, etc. The negative comments are coming from people I know, not strangers. Anyone else have this problem?
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I feel like the naysayers may be a bit jealous, that they are not trying something, just sticking with what they already know and do and aren’t willing to rock their own boat and take a chance.
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I suspect most writers/authors have that issue, Debbie. My advice? Keep writing, no matter what others say 😃
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My motivation killer is having hope that books will be published and then having my Indie partner disappear. When books are being published and edited it’s a huge motivator. When it looks like I’m never going to get my books published, the writing gene goes to sleep.
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That is a killer for sure. Thanks.😊
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