habit

Wow, it's been a long time since I wrote here. I guess I've been a bit afraid to. Writing has been starting and stopping so much for me due to an unpredictable and often busy and chaotic schedule. The renovations are finally over though and I have nestled back into writing early in the morning. I give myself an average of about an hour and make sure I write at least 300 words of good, final draft quality. They say it takes 21 days to form a habit, and here I am on day 2 and doing quite well. Of course I still come to the screen, very nervous and afraid I'm going to fail, but as the words come, and I tap away at the keyboard, the story flows before me, and I have nothing to be afraid of anymore. 

The simplest advice I can give is: Just do it. Just write and believe in yourself, your story, characters and writing ability. I think it takes a lot of confidence and faith to write, but you have to actually write first. The longer you stay away and procrastinate, the higher the page looms and fear grows. So here I am writing and it's not as huge and scary as I imagined.