Ask the Author: Janet Ruhe-Schoen
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Janet Ruhe-Schoen
Just do it. Write. Start. Jump in. Even if what I'm typing or scribbling sounds inane to me, I put it on paper. Often it turns out to be fine, exactly what I want to say. Or it brings me close to what I want to say. Also, grab the moment -- i.e., leave the dishes in the sink, the floor unswept, the bathroom sink unsecured, the laundry in the dryer -- don't wait to write until all your other chores are done and everything is in order. And don't wait until you have a large block of time. If you have ten minutes, write down whatever you've been thinking about writing. If you have an hour, that's better. But even five minutes can get you started on a project you'll surprise yourself by finishing up sooner rather than later. And, do it every day. Even if you sit with your pen poised over the paper for the first four minutes and then write one sentence and have to stop and run out the door -- come back to that sentence the next day! And the next! another thing: Shut off the constant critic in your head. You're the smartest one in your audience, the only authority on what you have to express, and the only one who knows how to speak your own mind!
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