If it was easy, everyone would do it.
Writing doesn’t have to be hard and it shouldn’t be a misery, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have to work for it. The good news is that you can make it easier on yourself with practice.
In a post on BookBaby, C. Hope Clark says that writers – like musicians, athletes, and other craftspeople – can achieve superior results with the right training. “Most writers believe they need deep pockets of time in order to write,” Clark writes. “Especially new ones. They earnestly hunt for serious minutes — if not hours — to sink into the creative spirit and mull words, only putting them on paper once the mind is in its proper setting.”
Instead, Clark says we should look for any available moment to write, even a few seconds to jot down a thought or two. This activity will help you create a habit of writing daily and even regularly during the day. More importantly, Clark says this habit will shift your mindset: Instead of finding excuses not to write, you’ll start looking for reasons to write something down.
One trick: If you reach for your phone when you’re bored or waiting for something, reach for a notepad instead.
You can find more good advice in the article.
