Don’t Feel Guilty for Not Writing

I feel guilty when I’m not working. If I’m not editing, or writing, I feel like I’m letting my side down. When I’m too busy to write I feel like I’m letting my characters down, and when I finally sit in front of that blank page, tea in hand, several hours to kill, I can’t do it. I have to get up, go make some more tea, maybe a lavender brew this time to calm my raging thoughts. Then I get up again, tidy the room, a messy room is a messy mind. But nothing is coming.

How to Motivate Yourself to Keep Writing

I know as well as anyone how difficult it can be to feel your time slipping by and your great idea fading from future plans, so here are my tips to help keep you motivated to continue writing.