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Lesson 65

23 Wednesday Sep 2015

Posted by Courtney Killian (@SCourtney94) in Writing Tips

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Hello, everyone. I apologize for not posting lately. Things have been pretty crazy around here.

For now, I’m back to posting. It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for another lesson. This week, we’re talking about motivation.

It can be hard to be motivated sometimes. I know I’ve been struggling a lot with that recently. I can’t quite seem to motivate myself to get stuff done like I need to. It’s a real struggle.

I had to make myself finish a draft of a manuscript, then I tried to go on to another one. Nope. That wasn’t going to happen. My brain saw to that much.

I try to make goals for myself to get motivated. Like, if I get so much done, I get to be unhealthy for a while, or if I get even more done, I get to take a nap, or little things like that. Maybe it would take more for you to get motivated, maybe it would take less. But I suggest those only because I know that’s what works for me.

Maybe you already know what gets you motivated. If so, what is it? Let me know in the comments!

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Lesson 64

02 Wednesday Sep 2015

Posted by Courtney Killian (@SCourtney94) in Writing Tips

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It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for another lesson. This week, we’re looking at how to deal with being busy.

I’ve gotten busy a lot lately. I was out of town for a single day, and then everything exploded. A good explosion, mind you.

I didn’t have time to write or edit on Sunday because everything happened. I know, I’m big on making time, but I have to admit, my mind was so out of it on Sunday. After all, my author interview did take up a lot of time.

Okay, so I’m totally making excuses. I know, I know, I’m being totally hypocritical. I could have made time to write on Sunday, but I didn’t.

So, what does making excuses have to do with being busy? A lot. We all have those days when we’re like, “Well, I want to write…but I’m so busy. I don’t have time.” I’ve had multiple times when that has happened. I don’t like it, but it does happen.

The big thing is just trying to get a few minutes in. Even if you just have five minutes to squeeze in, that’s five minutes of writing. Just that can make a big difference.

Try to make time to write if you want to write. Quit making excuses. Excuses do nothing but hold you down.

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