My fifteen year old read the funniest New Year's resolution out yesterday..."Another twelve months of successfully not becoming a better person."
It got me thinking about writer's resolutions. Mine usually start:
Be more productive (write more!)
Be less scared (of writing rubbish).
Make a career plan beyond the next book.
Ah bah, humbug. So here's the deal.
I'll take as long as it takes to write the best damn book I can.
I'll remember the fear of writing rubbish means readers won't be reading rubbish when they pick up one of my books. Actually, that's out of my hands but my comeback is (hand to heart) "I gave it my best shot."
I'll write something for fun because break-out books seem to come from the imaginative 'what if'.
But yes, sigh. I will work on a career plan because it makes sense.
I welcome any other anti-resolution resolutions.
It got me thinking about writer's resolutions. Mine usually start:
Be more productive (write more!)
Be less scared (of writing rubbish).
Make a career plan beyond the next book.
Ah bah, humbug. So here's the deal.
I'll take as long as it takes to write the best damn book I can.
I'll remember the fear of writing rubbish means readers won't be reading rubbish when they pick up one of my books. Actually, that's out of my hands but my comeback is (hand to heart) "I gave it my best shot."
I'll write something for fun because break-out books seem to come from the imaginative 'what if'.
But yes, sigh. I will work on a career plan because it makes sense.
I welcome any other anti-resolution resolutions.
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I'm going to try to stop and smell the roses. Life goes by fast enough and you only get one chance at it so I'd like to make more of an effort to enjoy it
