The Purpose of Passion
If you’ve ever found yourself trying to increase your writing productivity, read this:
If you don’t have passion and purpose, greater productivity won’t help you
If you want to write, but aren’t sure what’s holding you back, maybe you’re on the wrong track.
This post spoke to me today (and it’s not audio, so it’s a big deal to me). Having passion for your work is essential to a fiction writer, simply because it’s so easy to not write. What’s holding you back? Lack of true passion for what you’re doing? If you think you’re having trouble sticking to your goals now, just wait until you’re answering to someone for your work.
Your passion must push you to work even when you don’t want to.
If you’re having trouble writing, are you writing the right thing? Does your current work in progress have a hold on you? Is it keeping you up at night as you work out plot details, and are you growing right along with your characters? Are you thinking about your book even when you don’t want to think about it? Are you consumed by the desire to finish what you’ve started?
The truth is, work is work, but how much sweeter it is when you’re filled with a passionate desire to do that work.