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Winning at Writing

Everyone wants to be a winner. But few people realize that winning is a pro-active project. In other words, people win because they choose to win. Then they choose actions that will move them in the directino of winning.

We are not victims in life. Through Christ, we are victors. This concept applies to our writing as well as to every other area of our lives. If you want to win at writing, you must first choose to win at writing. Then you must take steps that will move you in the direction of success.

What are some of these steps?

1) Make NO excuses. Listen to yourself talking. Do you continually make excuses about why you can't write? If you do, you are setting yourself up for failure as a writer.

2) Make time to write regularly. Whether this is five minutes a day or five hours a day, just write. If writing is as important to us as we say it is, then we will find time to write. We find time to eat and sleep, don't we? They why don't we find time to write?

3) Learn the craft of writing. We expect a doctor to have gone to medical school, a lawyer to have gone to law school, a teacher to have graduated from college. Why, then, do we think that we don't have to get training to be a writer? There are hundreds of courses available to writers today. With the convenience of the Internet, there is no excuse not to continue our education in the field of writing. There are also conferences that help us grow as writers and connect us with people who can help further our writing careers.

If you're serious about writing, it's time to get writing. With a new year just around the corner, what better time is there to start?

And that's my "musing that matters" for today. What's yours? :)

Blessings,

MaryAnn

P.S. Don't forget to send in your Christmas limerick. The deadline date is December 21st. The winner will be chosen by a special panel and will be announced on Christmas Eve.

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