I have been thinking about passion and what it means to me when it comes to my writing. My passion is putting words down onto paper, whether it be some massive report at work or a short story to submit to a magazine. For the lats two months (June and July 2012), I have been editing the Redwood Writer, the newsletter for Redwood Writers. Volunteering as editor for the newsletter has been a real stretch for me as a writer. I am learning how to work with an amazing team to produce a newsletter in a professional organization. I am using my creativity in ways I never thought possible.
I am also revising my novel and writing one short story, but I have not been using the BIC (butt in chair" technique as often as I should. I have no excuse for this, not even writer's block. In fact, the only writer's block I believe in is the one I invent for myself by finding other things to do instead of write: surf the internet, talk on the phone, write on my blog, read, doing laundry, or any other number of things. Pushing my writing on the back burner is almost like putting my passion on low heat. It's almost like I've made an unconscious agreement to turn that passion up when I get around to it.
For me, finding that passion again means I need to once again create a writing schedule and stick to it. I need to raise my own expectations and make my writing a priority and find the life in my creativity. All it takes is an hour in the evening or on my lunch break or 1,000-2,000 words each day. BIC is a great motivator to getting stuff done.
