Steal Your Dream

My main life-long dream is to have a book deal, to be known as an author; a writer with a unique voice and in the end, leave a legacy in print form.

While I may have a day job, my life-long dream doesn't leave my mind. As with my writers, I have a 'burning desire to write'.

Finding the time and the space to write with the right ideas is tricky and I usually lack in those areas.

Publishing in itself is even harder. Much of my time thinking and financial resources (buying books about writing) are devoted to this end dream. It may take years to decades, but I believe it can happen.

I was aware of this dream from an early age. Early on when I was learning about the rules of English, grammar, spelling, and punctuation and was so bad at it that teachers couldn't believe I wanted to be a writer.

In high school, my creative writing teacher acknowledge my unique voice and is eager to read my future writings.

As with many, my family & friends provide bottom-less encouragement.

Writing is a dream that is inside my head and no one can steal it. It isn't theirs to take from me.

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Weekend Novelist

Most writers start out writing while working a day job. Depending on your job, the weekend is the most logical time to write. Well, depending on a spouse and kids and other commitments - of course.

Time is money, money is time, but writing is your passion.

Finding time to write and fulfilling your dream is a top priority, for many a new years resolution, a life-long dream to pen something worthy of some type of readership. You can somehow find the time, make it happen if it is that important to you.

"The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do."
~ Leontyne Price

Writers:
What day of the week do you do most of your writing?

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Finding Time To Write

Is writing a luxury?

I've always been fond of this quote:

"The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do."
~ Leontyne Price

I vowed to myself that I'd continue on writing Left Unsaid after my 32nd birthday. That was 7 days ago and I haven't even opened the file.

Now that I'm self-employed, I seem to have less time on my hands, but at the same time, more freedom to stay up late, sleep in, work, write, and do it all over again.

I can work remotely from anywhere I want. I can choose to work, I can choose to write.

I have the luxury of doing both, so why aren't I?

It would be normal to say that trying to focus on building my business would take away brain power/creativity/etc from writing - understandable, but really, just an excuse.

The recent Writer's Digest Writing Basics magazine has an article called, "How to write your book in 15 minutes a day." Hmmm... I can do that, 15 minutes a day.

Can you?