Practice What You Preach

I just had one of those "ha ah" moments, as I was rushing around my house to get things ready to decorate.  The only light I had on was a small one in the kitchen and my small office light, but I didn't even notice as my focus was centered on the coming holiday.

The "ah ha" moment came when I realized I was doing exactly what I preached in my last article to a conservation magazine.  That is using as little electricity as possible.

My article was centered on a "Greener 2012" and I gave several numbered suggestions for the reader to think about and apply to their lives.

The same principal applies to our writing.  How many times have we told someone writing can be hard work and ideas sometimes fly away like dust in the wind.  The problem is we don't always listen to ourselves.  We become discouraged when the perfect idea or character, etc., doesn't immediately find itself on paper.

The writer has to focus on the project, maybe by freewriting, looking at our research, or just plain starting the project whether we have to through out the first few pages or not.  At least we are writing and somewhere in those pages we are bound to find that nugget that will carry on with the project.