⭐ Challenge yourself: to write what you want to write, rather than what you think other people want to read.
⭐ Challenge yourself: to write at a pace that works for you, rather than one that will burn you out.
⭐ Challenge yourself: to write without constantly imagining what will happen to your story after you finish writing it.
✏️ Sit down, put the words on the page.
✏️ Sit down, put the words on the page.
✏️ They don’t have to be good words.
✏️ They don’t have to be many words.
✏️ They don’t have to be inspired words.
✏️ They don’t have to be motivated words.
✏️ Sit down, put the words on the page.
✏️ Writing that exists is better than writing that doesn’t exist
⭐ There’s no such thing as failure when you’re writing as long as you’re actually getting words on the page.
⭐ Writing that has to be edited or deleted later still gives you practice and makes you a better writer.
⭐ Writing even when you don’t feel inspired or feel like you’re writing the wrong thing still opens the doorway of your mind to become inspired and think of what you actually want to write.
⭐ Writing more makes you better and better at writing.
⭐ Don’t give up just because you worry your writing is bad or needs editing.
⭐ Writing that starts as bad can eventually become good.
⭐ Writing badly improves your writing, writing nothing does not.
❣️ Don’t be afraid of being earnest in your writing.
❣️ Don’t be afraid of putting your desires and fears in your story.
❣️ Don’t be afraid of writing the story that you want to read.
❣️ Don’t be afraid of making your characters ‘too cool’ or ‘too fun’, or ‘too sexy’.
❣️ Don’t be afraid that other people will judge the elements of your story.
❣️ Don’t be afraid of being called ‘cringe’, or ‘problematic’.
❣️ Don’t be afraid that people won’t like what you want to write.
❣️ Don’t be afraid to write a story that you love, without worrying about anyone else’s opinion.
❣️ What you want to write matters.
❣️ Don’t be afraid to write your story.
💖 Writing requires rest.
💖 You cannot be actively writing all the time.
💖 Do not feel bad about needing to take time from your writing to rest.
💖 Rest is an important part of the creative process.
💖 Rest lets you recharge your creative batteries.
💖 You cannot, and should not try to, keep working and working forever without rest.
💖 Your writing will be better when you allow yourself to rest.
💖 Rest well, write well.