Always Be Writing (DON’T!)

The worst writing advice I keep seeing are “Always be writing!” or “A writer is always writing!”

Let me tell you. THIS IS BULLSHIT!

Not everyone has the same mindset, the same character, and the same background.

We’re all different.

There’s nothing wrong with wanting to forward yourself as a writer.

But it doesn’t always have to involve the act of writing.

EXAMPLE:-

Yesterday, I sent three stories out in submission.

The day before that I wrote two new stories. (Unusual for me, normally one is my limit)

And the day before that, I was modifying my story archives to make it easier/faster for me to locate stories.

So, at no point was I always writing. I didn’t write yesterday.

Admittedly, I started out with the INTENTION to write. But that didn’t pan out.

So I submitted stuff to places I knew were open.

If you want to get published, you have to be submitting. That’s a truism I CAN stand behind.

If you want to write, do it on your terms, in your own time.

That’s not an excuse to procrastinate, however.

You can always find something that’s helping you move forward as a writer.

So if it’s not writing, do those things.