My students are always coming up with great reasons they can’t write – I’m waiting until I get a break from work, finish the renovations, til the kids start school, til the kids grow up, til the kids get married (substitute your own sequence of excuses) …then I will sit down and write this book.
I say Seize The Moment, the best time to write is now, even just for ten minutes, if that’s all you have. Ten minutes a day adds up. Say you can write 300 words in ten minutes and you did that every day for one year, you will have written 109,500 words. That’s a whole book! If you wrote 500 words a day in one year it’s 182,500. That’s two books! In this month of NaNoWriMo when people are writing like mad why don’t you make a pact with a writing friend to write 500 words a day and see how it feels. I guarantee you will forget to stop when the month is over. Renew your promise and go again for the next month and on into the new year. You won’t want to stop.
That’s what we’ll be doing in Cambodia this December. After our two weeks in Luang Prabang, in partnership with some new found collaborators, I’ve lined up Seize the Moment Workshops and Author Events in Siem Reap, Battambang and Phnom Penh. I have plugged into a vibrant network of artists dedicated to supporting local communities in a myriad of ways. Like the Grace House Community, the Ponheary Ly Foundation, Cafe Kinyei, Hotel 1961, Java Arts and many more.
Then I’m taking some time off to work on my book. Oops, see I’m doing it too. Ok, that’s it. Ten minutes now. I will, if you will …. pens, keyboards ready – go!
And don’t forget to check out our new journey – Moroccan Caravan and the new FREE TIPS and WRITING PROMPTS PAGE.