In my previous post I mentioned that you should not make the negative mistake in thinking that you are not creative. This in itself could stop you from putting pen to paper.
But there is an even bigger problem that stops some people from writing. It’s procrastination.
If you find yourself making sure all the pencils are sharp, that you have enough paper, you are checking how a couple of words are spelt, stopping to clean the oven and so on and so forth… you must be honest with yourself, you are procrastinating!
Perhaps you tell yourself that you are too busy? Perhaps you tell yourself that you will start your writing “in the weekend” only to find that when the time comes there is always something “more important” to be getting on with?
The truth is, it is easy to find almost anything to do to stave off the moment of starting to write. You need to ask yourself why you are doing this. Be realistic with yourself. Is it because you have a fear of going down the wrong track, or that you think that your first scribbles will simply be a useless waste of time? Do you think that you haven’t got the talent, or a strong enough story? Do you think that your story is unlikely to come together?
If so, you need to confront this. If you look at my earlier posts, writing a good story is all about planning. But you must make a start!
You will find with experience that making a start is very important. Remember, you are not carving your words on tablets of stone, so if they turn out to be other than what you intended, just alter them at the revision stage.
If you really want to write but find that you don’t know where to start or you are afraid to start, you need to tackle this head on. If you need some guidance on how to write your story why not have a look at the website write for children.
