Skill #3: Throw the muse out of the house
Amateurs wait for inspiration. Professionals sit down and start writing.
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
Stephen King
Ryan Holiday, a great (and young) author of our time said in an interview :
"Writing is my job. And like any job, I have a set time for writing."
Yes and Amen.
Without fixed times, every benin telegram screening habit falls through. Even writing.
Who hasn't experienced this? You set yourself a goal (play sports, read, travel), but you don't do it.
Why?
Reason number 1: There is no fixed time for it in the daily schedule.
The muse is a lousy traitor - it comes and goes. Inspiration comes and goes. Motivation comes and goes.
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Skill #4: Collecting Mania
What do you call people who never throw away junk?
Messi's
What do you call people who never throw away ideas?