why aren't you at home writing

How Many Of You Want To Be Writers? Then Why Aren't You At Home Writing? The Five Things I Did Today To Advance My Writing Career Process From Write For Your Life By Lawrence Block 

Laura Mariani

ThePeopleAlchemist Edit: how to advance your writing career

How Many Of You Want To Be Writers? Then Why Aren't You At Home Writing? Well, here is a final suggestion from Write For Your Life (hey, if you haven't realised by now that I am perhaps Lawrence Block's biggest fan, where have you been???) to help you beat procrastination, inaction and the feeling that you are not doing enough: the 'Five Things I Did Today To Advance My Writing Career' process. Every night, before you go to bed, write on a notepad/notebook a list of five things you did that day to advance your writing career. I can see you now going: 'What??!!'. I know it does sound both simple and at the same time daunting as you may say, 'I haven't done anything, what am I going to write?'. Like Block says: 'One of the most important lessons of Write For Your Life is that the most productive action we can take as writers is not to work harder, ... turn out more work. Very often we can make more real progress writing affirmations, listening to a tape, going for a walk'.

everything counts

This links back to affirmation Day 6 and 16 - No one knows more than my writer's intuition and Everything I do for enjoyment further my writing career. Everyone has a tremendous amount of material to write about. Did you read the paper? Write it down. And did you go for a walk and think about a project? Write down. Seeee, it is not that difficult. The most important thing about this process is realising that Everything you do can serve you in your career as a writer. So start to pay attention, live in the moment, milk each experience to the max and, most importantly, get out of your way and Believe In Yourself. If you want to know more about my journey through the book, you can check my Behind The Scenes blogs here. If you want to get the book, buy it, it is worth it. #youcreateyourownreality #lifestyledesign #lifestyleedit #followme #like #share Business & Lifestyle Experimentation Blog for #TheWomanAlchemist #SmashYourCeiling #lifeexperiment The Affirmation is from Write for Your Life - The Home Seminar For Writers by Lawrence Block.
Back to blog

Leave a comment

Please note, comments need to be approved before they are published.

Laura Mariani Best Selling Author, Content Creator and Change & Transformation Expert

Hi there, I hope you enjoyed this post. Please do provide me with feedback.

I want to hear ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’. If you disagree with me or want to provide a different perspective, leave a comment. Tell me what’s on your mind.

Do remember though to be respectful and kind – we can agree to disagree, no need to be nasty. Thank you.

 

Laura xxx

Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in my posts are ‘affiliate links‘. This means that if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission, for example as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This is at no extra cost to you. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and absolutely would recommend to my readers.