Writer Shelves » just do it http://writershelves.com Reading, writing, publishing, and my journey to become a NYT Best Seller Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:54:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Write Something http://writershelves.com/writing/write-something http://writershelves.com/writing/write-something#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:57:29 +0000 heidi2524 http://writershelves.com/?p=1163 There are lots of reasons not to write. I ran into more than the usual amount today, with the best one being the headache I’ve had for three days is now a migraine.

But it’s Thursday and I want to post to this website.

So I’m writing something, a bit of anything, because it’s better than nothing.

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Chris Guillebeau, whose free “279 Days to Overnight Success” manifesto prompted me to start this site, had a recent post about how “What You Don’t Do Doesn’t Matter“. His context is thinking about helping someone doesn’t actually help them at all.

Same thing goes for writing. Thinking about how great it will be to see your novel on the New York Times Best-seller list doesn’t create a manuscript you can submit to an agent.

Writing that first sentence is a more tangible start.

Writing down five adjectives that describe your character is one step closer to making them real.

Writing the dialog for the climax of your book anchors the conflict.

Whatever your reason not to, write something.

Even if it’s just a blog post.

Lisa Woodman: [On Mac's talent of making something out of nothing] How do you come up with this stuff?
- MacGyver, “Cease Fire”, 5.4

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