Last post I talked about the second most important element of being a writer: reading a lot. Specifically reading a lot in your chosen genre, to learn about what the market is providing and to learn about how other authors tackle the same sorts of problems you are going to encounter in your own writing, but also reading lots of other genres to see what they do particularly well (or poorly) and to see what you can incorporate into your own work.
Today is all about the first most important element of being a writer: writing! That shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, but it is remarkable how many writers I know really struggle to put words onto paper (or digital paper or whatever). And that’s not to say there aren’t tougher times to write… these last few years have been a real strain on every creative I know, trying to balance their mental health with their ability to continue producing quality work. And I don’t think it matters if you produce at Stephen King-like levels (2k words a day every day) or if you only put out a few dozen really good words… what matters is that you do it.
And that’s what I’m going to be doing today! Putting words, one after the other, until I finish a bunch of sentences, and linking those together to finish a bunch of paragraphs, and so on and so forth until, boom, finished first draft.
Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!