Comments on: What Keeps You From Writing?

By: Mario Di Leo

Mario Di Leo — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:42:47 +0000

My son joined an Amish community, became Amish to marry an Amish girl of 15 years. I’ve made notes of his acceptance as Amish and what he experience, the wedding (which I attened) and the life they had when they both were excommunicated and decided to live their own lives still maintaining the Amish customs and beliefs. They live on 70 acres of land in Viginia and have 2 wonderful children (boy and girl). I’m not a writer but this story should be told. Can you lead me to someone who is interested?

By: Sarah Sundin

Sarah Sundin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:29:44 +0000

How sad! That’s the primary reason I started writing when a story idea came to me nine years ago. My grandmother had an amazing gift with words and always said she was going to write a book. She’s 94 now and has Alzheimer’s. She’ll never write that book. My mother has always said she’d like to write a book. She never has and most likely never will. I didn’t want to get to the end of my life and have my grandchildren sigh over the book I never wrote. Now they’ll just grumble about the books I DID write

By: NikoleHahn

NikoleHahn — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:32:53 +0000

I’m writing my first book right now which evolved so far into a 6 book series. I’m registered for nanowrimo, too. In November, I’m going to be writing a book for nanowrimo and still plug away at my work in progress. I was always afraid my passion for writing would end in one book like the author of Gone With The Wind. Not afraid of it anymore.

By: LInda Rondeau

LInda Rondeau — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:39:26 +0000

Not doing the NAmo this time around but will be picking up finishing a book I started and left off to do some other projects my agent requested I do. Thanks for the article.

By: Rachel Zurakowski

Rachel Zurakowski — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:21:39 +0000

I hope my post was an encouragement to many of you! Thanks to those who posted and shared fears with us. I know that’s not easy.

Also, thank you to those who’ve shared encouragement for others. We appreciate you!

By: Miss Britt

Miss Britt — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:56:36 +0000

“putting the time and energy into something that might never go anywhere?”

That is mine.

I’m afraid that every moment I spend hammering away at a book that no one might ever be interested in is time I’m taking away from my family AND other things I can be doing to provide an income for them.

By: Teri D. Smith

Teri D. Smith — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:23:01 +0000

I struggle the voices in my head telling me what all my friends and relative will think about my novels. “Did you see the comma she missed on page 97?” Or “I seriously thought she’d write a more spiritual book.” How about, “What does she think she knows about…” “The book was so boring.”

None of my friends or relatives have said anything even close to this. It’s only the voices in my head.

I shut up those voices by reminding myself that I write for the audience of One.

By: Lynn Dean

Lynn Dean — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:37:21 +0000

Not doing NaNo this year, per se, because I have a deadline looming for a completed manuscript that’s already started. Wouldn’t fit the rules, BUT I do have about 45K-50K words I’d like to get on paper before Thanksgiving so I’m “ghosting” the word count goals along with my crit partners who are signing up. That way I get the benefit of the fun and the challenge even if I’m not eligible to join for real.

By: Krista Phillips

Krista Phillips — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:23:05 +0000

Oh, this was SO me a few years ago! I worked full time (still do) had 3 little kids (still do!) and my “writing” was not even on my radar. Sure, I still dreamed about that manuscript I’d started years ago, but the thought of taking it back up was laughable.

But God said, “do it” and I thought, you know? Why do we always say, “We’ll follow our dreams later… when the kids are grown up… when life is simpler…” Because we’ll NEVER do it if we keep putting it off.

So I did it. I wrote that first full length book in 3 months… (a true miracle of God!) then spent the last 2 years finding out what all I did wrong and learning how to write RIGHT and editing my book. Now, I’m on the last stretch of finishing another book, have starts to two others, and while my life is CRAZY busy most days… I’m enjoying it!!!

Won’t be doing nano this year… November is a hard month for me, but I’m doing my local groups version of in this month trying to pound out the last of my book. Only 2 weeks to write the last 20k words or so… Can she do it?? YES SHE CAN! (sorry… too much Bob the Builder…)

By: Samantha Bennett

Samantha Bennett — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:48:37 +0000

My writer’s group is all about the “butt in chair” approach. I encourage anyone with the dream of writing a book to just sit down and do it–even if it’s just thirty minutes a day. You’ll always wonder what could have been if you don’t. Write away!