New Year’s Resolutions (by Ish)
Many people I know make the same resolutions each year: lose weight, get fit, spend more time with family, spend less money… On and on the list goes. So many promises. And by the end of the year, so few promises kept.
Lots of writers I know make the same sort of promises to themselves: “I will spend more time writing;” “I will finish that manuscript;” “I will make the connections I need to get my work published.”
Me? I try to avoid these traps. Personally, I can’t stand the guilt that comes at the end of the year when I have to face those broken promises to myself. Nope! No New Year’s Resolutions for me!
And then a funny thing happened… Someone suggested this project and this site. I am now obsessed with writing, and with tweaking the website. For the first 2 days of this year, I have more than made my writing goal of a minimum of 500 words a day. In fact, it wouldn’t take much to nudge it up to a minimum of 1,000 words a day. Once the kids are in bed, it would only take about an hour… As long as the ideas flow, that is.
Then we come to The Wall. The Fear of Failure. What happens when I run out of ideas? What happens when I get sick and just don’t feel like writing? What happens when I realize I’ve just written 20,000 words of crap? That’s where NILTOY really makes the difference.
Come on over to the forum for some sympathy, commiseration, motivation or just plain butt-kicking. Read how others beat the slump. Get some writing prompts, or participate in a challenge. Or take a day off (but only one!). At 500 words a day, you can afford a day off once in a while. And the more you write, the faster it will go. While the rest of us are still slogging away in June, you could be entering your editing or rewriting phase. Imagine how good that will feel!
We’re so glad you have stopped by. We hope you will stick around, join the fun, and start bragging to the rest of us about how well you are doing! Goodness knows, we could sure use the inspiration!