Dear Writer, You Need to Quit (QuitBooks for Writers, #1)

by Becca Syme

What she didn’t recognize in herself was that she had a particular need for emotional stability that overwhelmed everything else about her personality. No matter what she tried, any time she was in the middle of transition or instability, her writing would freeze. She would look at these friends of hers (who were doing things like writing chapters in the hospital while a spouse had cancer screenings, and who were going through divorce and still writing) and then at herself, and point the finger at her own capacity. [Side note: I can even hear those of you with higher driving personalities saying to yourself: she just doesn’t want it bad enough or she’s lazy or any other number of things, but what you don’t realize is that you have a desire and need for driving and executing that not everyone has. And not everyone can, or should, manufacture that drive. You’re going to disagree with me on that, and that’s okay. As a wise friend says, that’s why you do what you do and I do what I do.]