Every So Often
Every so often, we need to step back and take a deep breath. We need to review the direction in which we're heading to see if it is still feasible. We need to take a quick break for just a minute to get silly and not burn out. When we're writing at a frenzied pace, it is entirely possible to get caught up in the number of words we feel we need to produce that we lose sight of the message we are trying to convey.
Remember, we have an audience. The goal is to get a message to our audience in a way that makes sense and performs the objective that we seek. Are we still heading in that general direction or have the words simply taken over? If we've done everything we were supposed to do, we should not have veered too far off course.
If we have gone off course, now is the time to correct it. Writing a whole bunch of words means nothing if we don't do anything with them. We started out with something to say. Are we still saying it or has it gotten lost beyond recognition? Take a moment to check your status.
If the message is still clear, permit yourself a happy dance. If the message has gotten murky, it is time to plan our next course of action to get back on track. We do want to remember to have a good time doing what we love. Once it stops being fun, it becomes work. We don't want that.
If every piece we work on can be a challenge to ourselves, the fun continues and our writing will show it. We will have more enthusiasm for what we do. A simple challenge is to complete this one chapter over the weekend. Maybe we have an important description that we want to spend some time on. We might challenge ourselves to do an outstanding job on that description.
These little challenges also allow us to feel a sense of accomplishment once we have successfully completed them. A sense of accomplishment goes a long way to getting the task done. If we break our work down into manageable pieces and find joy in finishing each small piece, we should have no problem in motivating ourselves to complete the entire project.
Every so often, take a step back and objectively look at what we've done. Visualize what still needs to be done. Get a little silly. And, then, get back to writing.
Remember, we have an audience. The goal is to get a message to our audience in a way that makes sense and performs the objective that we seek. Are we still heading in that general direction or have the words simply taken over? If we've done everything we were supposed to do, we should not have veered too far off course.
If we have gone off course, now is the time to correct it. Writing a whole bunch of words means nothing if we don't do anything with them. We started out with something to say. Are we still saying it or has it gotten lost beyond recognition? Take a moment to check your status.
If the message is still clear, permit yourself a happy dance. If the message has gotten murky, it is time to plan our next course of action to get back on track. We do want to remember to have a good time doing what we love. Once it stops being fun, it becomes work. We don't want that.
If every piece we work on can be a challenge to ourselves, the fun continues and our writing will show it. We will have more enthusiasm for what we do. A simple challenge is to complete this one chapter over the weekend. Maybe we have an important description that we want to spend some time on. We might challenge ourselves to do an outstanding job on that description.
These little challenges also allow us to feel a sense of accomplishment once we have successfully completed them. A sense of accomplishment goes a long way to getting the task done. If we break our work down into manageable pieces and find joy in finishing each small piece, we should have no problem in motivating ourselves to complete the entire project.
Every so often, take a step back and objectively look at what we've done. Visualize what still needs to be done. Get a little silly. And, then, get back to writing.
posted by Vickie at 8:58 PM
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