Stephen King and Consitency

The King on Muses, Consistency and My Stupid Headcold.
Greetings nonexistent readers! I have the colds, the sniffles, the respiratory buttmunchery. I debated not writing today but...........was reading more of King's lessons and remembered something. He has a daily word count to hit, so do I, it's my responsibility. If I don't do it, who will? Surely no one else will come by and do it for me? So here I am, ill and still raring to write, why? Because you need to be consistent, writing under the stupid impression of waiting for inspiration means this.

That you'll be waiting for a long time.

The only way you get inspiration is by getting up and doing it anyways, I've noticed it's rough to start, but once you do, the rest flows easily. Your muse shows up to help you write when you do! If you don't show up, why would they? For the record, my muse is an irritating, smug, teasing, mischievous sprite with the attitude of a cat.............I'm not the biggest fan of cats....

 
She shows up when I do and have actually bothered to start writing, showing commitment to the task at hand I guess. But by doing so, I am quickly rewarded with inspiration and the rest flows effortlessly. Writing isn't about "feeling it" or being in the "zone" to write. That's bs excuses not to write. If you love to write, then you'll write regardless! It's about being consistent! You know that word? If not, look it up! Writing becomes easier the more you do it! So try setting a daily word count, it doesn't have to be a kingly 2,000 words a day, start small, that ways it's easier. More doable and when you do complete it, you'll feel a sense of accomplishment. The whole reward thing, then maybe you'll ask yourself, "if i can do that many, can I do more?"

In a word, yes!

Muscle up, slowly increase and train yourself to write more, and you will. Practice makes perfect and all. It may be a tired cliche, but the thing about cliches are, that they're tired because they've been used sooo much. Why have they been used to much? Because there is some truth in them....duh! Otherwise, people wouldn't keep slinging them around! They're true, listen to 'em. You want to improve as an author, well write more, duh! Read more, duh!!!!!  Emulate! Practice practice PRACTICE!!!!

It's not rocket science, heck, it's not even science! It's that ever so rare and uncommon these days, common sense! Write more, when you think you've written enough, write more! More more MOAR!!!

Heck, that's why I write this even though nobody reads or comments. It's a warm up, if I can get my fingers to type up this garbage, then there's no excuse to move on and work on my novels and such! This is a warm up. If I can bother to write something (in all honesty I'm not that fond of, blogging or blarghing) then why can't I go write my novels!? Something by the way, I'm obsessed with. So try that, just write nonsense like this, it's something, and if you can bother to write that, then you can definitely get to work on your more important and beloved work! No excuses!