Recently graduated from college and currently looking for a (paying) job, I found myself with something that I haven’t had in a long time: time to write. I was excited by this prospect. Finally, I could write for hours and finally finish that novel I’ve been working on. Additional motivation was added when a fellow writer suggested we exchange weekly chapters. And yet, I found that I was struggling to get the words on the page. It was easier to become distracted and prioritize other tasks, some of which truly did need to be put first. These and other thoughts about my writing career were pinballing in my subconscious while I was listening to an episode of Writing Excuses from last year. The topic of the episode was deciding what kind of author you want to be, and making that decision early on. While I believed that I had alreadyRead More