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Creative Writing – - Are You Disciplined Enough to Persevere?
By Deb Gallardo
When the Writing Gets Tough…
All writers get discouraged at one time or another. Whether it’s from rejection letters, writer’s block or harsh criticism, none of us is immune to feeling like maybe this whole writing thing is a bad idea for us. ‘Fess up. You’ve felt this way at least once in your writing life.
Writer Danielle Gibbings offered an article on this subject on her blog. The title alone is provocative enough to get your attention and to encourage you to believe that perhaps you shouldn’t give up after all. (“What Keeps You Writing?”)
Or the title can give working writers a kick in the seat of the pants when they are deciding if today is a lazy writer day or not. Self-discipline is key here. Without it, a writer might as well hang up any hope of quitting that day job.
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