Is it your dream to work from home as a writer and earn money from everything you write? That was my dream for years, and 20 years ago it became my reality.
One of the hardest things at first was coming up with ideas of what to write about. I started writing as a freelancer and also started my own website and wanted to write and publish books. It was all a great plan, but it meant generating thousands of ideas.
At first I didn’t think it was possible, but it turned out that not only was it possible to come up with endless ideas to write down, but I ended up with notebooks full of ideas because I had more than I could use at once. .
And I’ll tell you 3 things that helped.
1. I write fast. Once I’m writing an addictive story or interesting article, or a series of articles, I get into a writing “flow” and can write for hours. I never stop and question myself. I keep writing because fast writers are mega producers and never have time for writers block.
2. The more I write and the faster I write, the more writing ideas I have. Productive writers always get a ton of ideas while writing. When I am immersed in my writing, my creative mind speeds up. Even if I started with just one or two ideas, once I sit down and start writing, the ideas start to flow. And it doesn’t matter what you write. Even if I’m writing in a journal or copying someone else’s writing by hand (just for practice), it inspires ideas.
3. I love to write. Most days I am excited and motivated to sit down and write. I rush through other tasks I have to do so I can get to my desk and write.
In the beginning, being a writer was difficult because it is not easy to work from home without bosses, without fixed hours and with too many distractions. But once I got into a writing routine, I found that once I sat down with my back in my chair and started writing, it was easy to ignore everything and the motivation kicked in and kept me going.
So if you find yourself wanting to write but stuck on ideas, just sit down and start writing. Write anything, even if it’s just nursery rhymes you were taught as a child, or open a book and start writing it by hand.
And if you’re like me, you’ll find that even on days when you think you don’t feel like writing and ideas just aren’t coming, sit down and write anyway, and before you know it you’ll be overloaded. inside the ideas
As author Stephen King once said, don’t wait for motivation. He won’t show up for work until you do.