I know I just wrote about putting the fun back into writing. This post will seem contradictory. I have been trying to trick my mind into thinking of writing as another job. Not very successfully so far.
I want to or maybe need to write more regularly and to stop putting it off for excuses which don’t even sound good in my mind. I start feeling guilty for avoiding writing. Also I am just lazy enough that because writing is not easy all the time I put it off to avoid “working” at it.
Another reason I am trying to think of writing as a job is that when I am at work or doing a job for a friend, I work hard and much more efficiently. I finish what I start and I do my best. I want to feel that when I write. When I am working on a story. When I am managing my day and the time I devote to different tasks.
I am not yet published or paid for my writing. I do not expect to ever be paid enough to quit my job but I do want to start treating it like a second part time job. A job I enjoy and look forward to. And devote fifteen to twenty hours a week to.
