Well, I’ve made a slow start to this Sub Stack business haven’t I!? One post over a week ago and nothing since!
I could blame my busy life. I do have two small children - one an absolute hurricane of a human being, but, ultimately it’s not that. There are plenty of hours in the day and when I do have one to myself I find I tend to spend it scrolling on my phone.
In a way I think I may also be avoiding my laptop. If I pretend I am much too busy to sit and write something, then it’s okay that no progress is being made. That way I can’t fail.
So! Here we go. Take two. This post is titled ‘Commitment’ and I hereby renew my commitment to writing. To writing more regularly here, to writing my novel and to writing for fun.
I will aim to reiterate to myself some of the absolute golden nuggets of wisdom I have gleaned from listening to many a writing podcast such as:
-If you write, you are a writer
-Sit your ass down and write
-The first draft is always shit, write it anyway. Go back and fix it later.
I may have paraphrased some of those but the gist is spot on. And just what I needed to hear. Be right back, I’m going to open my manuscript for the first time in God knows how long!
You've got this, Jemma! x