I'm finishing final edits to my memoir before resubmitting to publishers and agents. What a haul. It's like birthing a baby---but takes longer than nine months, I tell ya! It's easy to lose your perspective, to lose the point of it all. Is it worth it? How do we keep our perspective? It's hard to keep a commitment to a long term creative project when there is so much daily life that gets in the way.
Can you identify? Have you ever lost or almost lost the will to finish a creative project?
For me, in order to continue, it's about breaking it down into little chunks. Palatable bites, if you will:
The idea of publishing my book is too big. Who has time for that!? But finishing the latest edits on the first part....thats sorta doable. Making a list of current agents I'm interested in? Sure, I can do that. That actually sounds like fun! But it has to be in small bite size chunks or else forget about it.
That's probably true of anything in life. Bite size chunks so you don't choke.
I would love it if you would share your successes/tricks to keeping committed to a long term creative project in the comments below.
Can you identify? Have you ever lost or almost lost the will to finish a creative project?
For me, in order to continue, it's about breaking it down into little chunks. Palatable bites, if you will:
The idea of publishing my book is too big. Who has time for that!? But finishing the latest edits on the first part....thats sorta doable. Making a list of current agents I'm interested in? Sure, I can do that. That actually sounds like fun! But it has to be in small bite size chunks or else forget about it.
That's probably true of anything in life. Bite size chunks so you don't choke.
I would love it if you would share your successes/tricks to keeping committed to a long term creative project in the comments below.
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