A Writer's Superpower: Staying the course

Staying power is a writer's best friend -- and a "superpower" you must develop if you want to conquer the writing universe.

I tell my students all the time that writing takes work. They cannot sit down and write their essays right before it is due and expect it to be good.

Do they listen? Some do; others don't. The difference for the ones who listen is they succeed.

As professional writers, we are not perfect. Our manuscripts do not exist in a perfect world vacuum. What we can do is hone and improve our manuscripts and writing.

Writing is a process. (If I had a dollar for every time that I said this to my students...) As writers, we learn how to navigate that process - hopefully to our benefit. We learn to navigate the ups and downs of the map of the writing world.

The main difference between a published writer and a non published one is the published writer never gave up. Perseverance is a key tool in a superwriter's arsenal.

What keeps you writing even when facing the uphill battles of the writing life?