It’s too easy to postpone writing.
Will you write today? Maybe you feel creative, inspired, knowing exactly the words you’ll use.
But maybe you don’t. That makes it easy to say you’ll write tomorrow.
That might work for you and your writing. Right now, I’d rather be giving full attention to the Rockies/Giants baseball game. My team is winning, and the action is increasing.
But I don’t have that choice. Instead, I have a deadline.
I should know; I imposed it on myself. It’s a weekly deadline I’ve been keeping for more than three years. Some weeks I meet it easily. Other times, it’s a struggle.
Some weeks I meet it easily.
Other weeks, it’s a struggle.
With the holiday on Monday, I nearly forgot it. But first thing this morning, my deadline’s pressure kicked in. Before breakfast, I had my idea. With a few scribbled notes, I could face my regular day’s work.
But after supper, my deadline awareness stirred. So I’m sitting at my desk, fingers on the keyboard, filling in the blanks on the outline I’d sketched.
Will it be easier to meet next week’s deadline? It’s too soon to tell. But I know one thing: I’ll have another week’s experience of seeing the benefits of forcing myself to write.
