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There was a prompt for today that resonated with me--and probably many writers:
When your writing life is a bit cloudy or filled with rain, what do you do to dig down and keep on writing?
Let's face it, writing is hard. Editing is hard. Getting your work out there is hard. Having folks read your work is....wait for it...hard. Marketing, social media, etc- yup, also hard. There are a ton of places where we as authors can take a hard hit to the gut and tumble to the ground.
Even when things might look great, or at least movng the right direction to others--the author could be having a crash-n-burn moment (or week).
So, what can we do? I usually let the wallowing happen for a short while. Sometimes a brief, "pity party for one" is all that's needed.
But when things start getting really painful, sad, or depressing I have a nice talk with myself. I remind myself quiting is possible. Of course, myself disagrees and starts fighting back. It would be more painful to quit than whatever I'm going through.
Then I remind myself to get back in there and get another book done!
Happy IWSG Day!
