{"id":15968,"date":"2024-08-26T00:12:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T00:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolhollandmarch.com\/?p=15968"},"modified":"2024-08-26T00:25:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T00:25:06","slug":"are-you-waiting-for-inspiration-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolhollandmarch.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/26\/are-you-waiting-for-inspiration-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Waiting for inspiration?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When writers tell me this is why work is not progressing, it reminds me of waiting for the elusive Godot. He never comes. We spend a lot of time wondering why. We never figure it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you wait for inspiration to write; you\u2019re not a writer, you\u2019re a waiter.\u2013<\/em>Dan Poynter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspiration usually comes during work, not before it.\u2014<\/em>Madeleine L\u2019Engle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.\u2014<\/em>Pearl S. Buck<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is it hard to finish a book? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Fear it isn\u2019t any good; it won\u2019t sell; people will criticize it<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something, you can be judged. I had pieces that were re-written so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding sending them out.\u2014<\/em>Erica Jong<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.<\/strong> Fear it is good; it will sell; and people will wait breathlessly for the next one<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mother of all Fears is so close to us that even when we verbalize it, we don\u2019t believe it. The Fear That We Will Succeed. That we can access the powers we secretly know we possess.\u2014<\/em>Steven Pressfield, The War of Art<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.<\/strong> Fear you don\u2019t have the experience\/credentials\/wisdom needed to finish<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember, our enemy is not lack of preparation; it\u2019s not the difficulty of the project or the state of the marketplace or the emptiness of our bank account. The enemy is resistance. \u2014<\/em>Steven Pressfield, Do the Work.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. You have to do more research and you haven\u2019t found the time for that<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.\u2014 <\/em>Carl Sandburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What happens When We Finish?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n