As a Writer I Should Be Committed: How Community Saved Me

By Char Wilkins

I suck at commitment, but love learning, especially how-to presentations. Left to myself, I slide into writer’s block, followed by the no-one-wants-to-read-this-crap syndrome, which catapults into I-should-stick-with-things-I-know-how-to-do-like-the-laundry. We often think commitment is just a matter of more willpower, but willpower is finite (which dieters learn very quickly.)

I share this problem with many writers. Committing long term to our writing. Lack of money, or...