Fred Van Lente
This is pretty much the same as the curing-writers-block question: Writers must write. Every day. Make it a habit. Like going to the gym or taking a pill.
Writing is a strange profession in that I still have people coming up to me and saying "I want to be a writer but I can't find the time to actually write" and/or "I want to be a writer but I don't actually like to write." As if there's some magic "trick" to overcome that. There ain't!
That's why few people make it in this business compared to the number who want to: The willpower to keep going in the face of fears and hardship is hard to come by.
On the other hand, some people are like me ... too dumb to quit!
Writing is a strange profession in that I still have people coming up to me and saying "I want to be a writer but I can't find the time to actually write" and/or "I want to be a writer but I don't actually like to write." As if there's some magic "trick" to overcome that. There ain't!
That's why few people make it in this business compared to the number who want to: The willpower to keep going in the face of fears and hardship is hard to come by.
On the other hand, some people are like me ... too dumb to quit!
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