Deadlines and Determination

Dear Maggie,

You can’t possibly feel creative all the time, so how do you stay motivated to write?

Uninspired in Union City

Dear Uninspired,

I definitely do not feel creative all the time, and I definitely have days where I am not at all motivated. But writing is my career as well as my art, and if I want it to stay that way, I have to create content even when I personally feel uninspired. That’s not a very sexy answer, but it’s true.

There are some concrete things that keep me tapping away at the ...