To Write Or Not To Write?

That truly is an on-going question for me. I love the writing process and enjoy journaling, too. I'm in heaven while I'm writing, no matter what it's about. Hearing the clicking of the keys and watching the letters magically appear on the screen before me, is likened to watching a plant grow, only in fast motion. I sometimes just sit here clicking away because I love the action of it all, but in reality that won't get me where I want to be as a writer.

It takes consisten effort and willingness to face the blank screen or paper, allowing the self to come forward. The writer part of me wants to write all the time, while the fraidy-cat inside says, what's the use? Do I need to have a specific outcome to write? Sometimes, but not always.

A friend challenged me to take just 15 minutes a day to write. That small step has gleaned pages in the past months and I'm on my way to becoming the writer I've always dreamed of being. I have proposals being formulated, I'm entering contests and blogging!

So, when you think you just can't get the nerve or the desire to write, just ask yourself for 15 minutes, without a specific outcome. It really does work and before you know it, you'll have a paragraph, then a page and more.