Hey Writers: You Should Be Writing Every Single Day Without Fail
I just discovered a podcast called “I Should Be Writing” by Mur Laferty. I started listening to it from the beginning and was able to catch the first three episodes on the way home from work. If you are an aspiring writer and find yourself in the need of support when you get down and out about writing, this is a podcast that you cannot miss.
In one of her rants, Mur stated that to be successful at anything, you must be persistent. You must make it a point to do whatever it is you are striving to do on a regular basis. In this case, writing is something that should not be put down and picked up whenever you take a notion. You should write every single day, even if it is only for fifteen minutes. You might only be able to get one paragraph on paper, but that is enough to keep those creative juices flowing.
I personally have found that if you do not write on a regular basis, your vocabulary suffers. When you try to write after a hiatus, you find yourself struggling to find the words that best fit the scene.
I have also found that this same persistence is important in other endeavors. One of them is this weblog. I have found that if I don’t write every day (or at least several time a week) people start to get bored and don’t come back to read what I have to say.
I have also noticed a trend in the podcast realm that if you are consistently on time, you will be successful. Podcasters who put a show out whenever they feel like it start to loose their following. Podcasters who post a show everyday like Richard Vobes or every week like JC Hutchins and Scott Sigler create a die hard following who will actually follow them into the 7th level of Hades.
Any kind of freelance adventure that you might embark upon will benefit from this persistence. When you set a goal, make a point to set specific times to work on accomplishing that goal. As for me, I have found a small amount of time early in the morning before everyone wakes up to do my writing for this blog and on the novel that I am desperately trying to finish a first draft of. Who knows, if I can keep up my persistence, maybe I can release a podcast novel for you all to enjoy.
