New Year's Resolutions for Writers

Some New Year's Resolutions for Writers (In no particular order!)



I write for the passion and adventure of the journey.

Writing comes from my heart and the fire in the belly.

Writing is a craft. Craft supports writing, it does not define it.

I love my first draft writing for its fertility and uncovered gems.

I welcome the unexpected in my writing.

I will not think about being published until the piece is finished.

I go where my imagination takes me.

I will set up a writing schedule that supports, not defeats, my writing. Discipline is a necessary part of being a writer, but I will not use failure to keep to my schedule as a reason to give up.

I will write the story that is gestating within me – even if it scares me or makes me think I am losing my mind.

When I begin a new piece, I will begin without thinking, without planning.



"One day in 1972 in my study on the third floor of my home in New Rochelle, I found myself staring at the wall. So I started to write about the wall." *



~ E.L. Doctorow

* Thus began a "Ragtime"...