Jun 30 2009
Writing Tip: Just Do It!
Apologies to Nike for stealing their slogan. In their ads it was way too ambiguous (just do WHAT?), but as writing advice, it’s good advice.
Just do it. Just write. Just stop procrastinating, excuse-making, Twittering, procrastinating, reading everybody else’s work, daydreaming about writing, cleaning your desk, and procrastinating. (I know it’s redundant. Shhh. That’s for effect.)
As my dad pointed out the other day, a book is two pages a day for 100 days. Can you write two pages a day? You can if you’ll just do it. Thinking about writing results in a lot of foggy nothing. Actually writing results in words on a page — words you can edit, revise, play with, enjoy, and eventually meld into a finished project.
Thanks to Debbie Ridpath Ohi, the writer’s cartoonist, for the comic. See more comics (and a lot of other good stuff) at www.inkygirl.com.
Your dad is a very wise man. Either a year from now, you’ll have a written book or you’ll be wishing that you had one. It’s your choice.
Thanks! I need this advice somtimes…well, maybe sort of often…okay, I need it a lot!