As I type this, my son is sprawled out on my bed, waiting for me to finish. My dog is pawing me, and whining, wanting me to finish. My husband just walked in and asked if I am done.
I told all three of them, I need some time to write.
One of the hazards of working from home is this! There are so many interruptions to your day and time. This is especially so in India, where anyone from courier guy to dhobi to newspaper guy to house-help to security guard bringing some official notice ring the bell.
People often ask me how I manage to write so much. It is simple--I guard my writing time.
JK Rowling had said
I can only say I completely agree with her. It is a practice I have followed for many years now-- ever since I wrote my first book and decided I wanted to be a full time writer.
Danielle Steele has managed to write 179 books.
Do read the very inspiring article I have linked. She also has a sign in her workspace that says 'There are no miracles. There is only discipline.'
Whenever people tell me I am talented, I always reply that I work really hard.
So I was happy to see the words of Connor Mc Gregor who says the same thing:
My first book was published in 2008. Since then I have had eleven more books. (First and last one not seen in the pic below)
I believe that all it takes is discipline, and investing time in something you deeply care about. If it matters to you, you will make time; Otherwise you will make excuses.
This is true for all professions but doubly true for writers, artists, musicians---anyone in the creative field. Insipiration doesn't drop down from the sky above. You commit to doing it, and you turn up and do it. Day after day. Letter by letter. Word by word.
And you keep doing it.
Some call it talent.
I call it an all consuming passion
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ps: Get my books: preeti.io/amazon
I told all three of them, I need some time to write.
One of the hazards of working from home is this! There are so many interruptions to your day and time. This is especially so in India, where anyone from courier guy to dhobi to newspaper guy to house-help to security guard bringing some official notice ring the bell.
People often ask me how I manage to write so much. It is simple--I guard my writing time.
JK Rowling had said
“Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on those days. The funny thing is that, although writing has been my actual job for several years now, I still seem to have to fight for time in which to do it. Some people do not seem to grasp that I still have to sit down in peace and write the books, apparently believing that they pop up like mushrooms without my connivance. I must therefore guard the time allotted to writing as a Hungarian Horntail guards its firstborn egg.”
I can only say I completely agree with her. It is a practice I have followed for many years now-- ever since I wrote my first book and decided I wanted to be a full time writer.
Danielle Steele has managed to write 179 books.
Do read the very inspiring article I have linked. She also has a sign in her workspace that says 'There are no miracles. There is only discipline.'
Whenever people tell me I am talented, I always reply that I work really hard.
So I was happy to see the words of Connor Mc Gregor who says the same thing:
My first book was published in 2008. Since then I have had eleven more books. (First and last one not seen in the pic below)
I believe that all it takes is discipline, and investing time in something you deeply care about. If it matters to you, you will make time; Otherwise you will make excuses.
This is true for all professions but doubly true for writers, artists, musicians---anyone in the creative field. Insipiration doesn't drop down from the sky above. You commit to doing it, and you turn up and do it. Day after day. Letter by letter. Word by word.
And you keep doing it.
Some call it talent.
I call it an all consuming passion
___________________________________
ps: Get my books: preeti.io/amazon
