This is a witty and true list of A Writer's Most Valuable Assets. I will add my .02 worth with one more item to her list: The ability to say, "No".
I learned this the hard way. You will not get writing done if you agree to serve on committees or attend events too often. You'll be too tired and distracted to write. Even when I've said a qualified, "Yes, but..." it doesn't matter. By that I mean I'll explain that I will be on the committee, task force, etc. but only to offer help when I can. I explain that I can't attend meetings or take on tasks, etc. Doesn't matter. The phone starts ringing every evening and the chairwoman is asking me to take on some project, a time consuming project. So much for being a member in name only.
Most of us have day jobs, and family to spend time with. What is laughingly called "spare time" is used for writing. If you cut into that time, less writing. Lose the guilt and just say no. You can't do it all and be all things to all people.
Here's the real kicker: you have to say no to yourself sometimes, too.
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Thanks Lynn.
I don't think most people realize how hard it is to write and refine those stories and novels.
Developments in the digital age have streamlined the process of printing and binding pages of a book.
Heck, you don't even have to put it in print. It can go straight to mobipocket or kindle or some other electronic reading device.
Yet the stories that fill those pages or the space on those devices come from words garnered from our imaginations.
No computer or digital device can do that.
And that takes time writing or typing at the computer.
Thanks for stopping by. You're right. No amount of technology can take the place of us low-tech humans creating the stories.
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