In a new post, Tiffany Yates Martin offers advice for creating a writing practice, even when you don’t feel like it. “Even when I don’t always feel like writing, I love rereading what I’ve accomplished thanks to my regular writing practice, love the body of work I’ve created, love that I’m putting ideas into the world that will hopefully continue to reach people long into the future,” she writes. “There’s no resting on laurels in writing either. As soon as I stop, my work stops growing, both literally and figuratively.”
Like a physical workout, Yates Martin suggests creating a writing workout routine. “The fun writing of journaling and sprints and self-contained passages where you simply get to indulge your imagination and creativity aren’t necessarily going to get you toward your specific publication goals if that includes full-length stories and publication,” she says. “For that you have to be a bit more disciplined and do things that may feel hard in the moment and a lot less fun.”
