20 February 2010
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Okay, I admit it, I am absolutely passionate about writing! From poetry at age three to yellow legal pads full of screenplays and short stories, I was a pretty prolific writer at a young age! Words have always been my favorite plaything, and crafting them into a cohesive piece is a satisfying way to spend an afternoon – and a lifetime!
However, not all writing strikes excitement into the depths of your heart. Let’s face it, highly technical writing can be dry and lifeless, and it takes a special breed of writer to get excited about articles stuffed with SEO keywords. Many assignments that will cross your path won’t breech your wealth of knowledge or interest.
Stoke Your Writing Passion
How to keep the writing fires burning? Like any loving relationship, tending to your writing passion requires tenderness and care. Trudging through one incredibly dull writing project after another will snuff out the last smoldering remains of your writing passion! Yet we all have to accept some uninspiring writing assignments once in awhile. Even the flame of writing passion that burns brightly at the beginning of the best writing projects can grow dim over time.
Here are some of the hottest (!) tips to stoke your love of writing to new heights:
- Schedule your writing first. Start your writing day off right by working on your favorite type of writing first. It stretches those early morning creative muscles and the inspiration can spread to your other writing projects throughout the day. Do you have a budding novel that you don’t have much time to write? A quick 30 minutes will jumpstart your writing day and bring steady progress as well.
- Alternate between dull and exciting writing. Dragging through a mundane piece? Take a break and switch off to something more lively. Even if you need to complete the harder project immediately, it won’t get done quickly if you’re scraping the bottom of your creativity. Working on an engaging piece can get the pen or keyboard moving, and you can switch back to your higher priority (but less lovely) writing when you are ready.
- Remember why you love writing. Do you love crafting interesting characters? Make your real life subjects come alive in your non-fiction writing, by learning what motivates them and how they are changing the world. Can you describe anything with clarity and attention to detail? Transfer your exposition talents to mundane topics, to capture your audience’s attention. Your writing passion can carry over to all forms of writing, with a little creativity.
With time and attention, your writing passion can be sustained throughout your writing career. Don’t let the writing doldrums get you down! All of our writing deserves our best effort, and the rewards of a passionate relationship with our writing can last a lifetime.
How do you keep the writing home fires burning? What area of writing really excites you? Share your love of writing here!
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I have to be honest, writing about anything health-related is my greatest passion – I could write about it for hours and hours and never lose my passion.
And I’ve found yoga to be the most beneficial for clearing my mind and refreshing me both body, mind, and soul. When I practice yoga regularly, there’s a HUGE difference in “how high my writing flames burn.”
Great job, Kim! I always love reading your stuff – you have such a creative, inspiring style!!
Hugs,
Michele
P.S. Of course, you know I’m off to share this via social media – gotta give my fellow writer some love!
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Thanks Michele!
It is so important to find your passion, and follow it wherever it takes you, and you have done that quite nicely! I hope all our fellow writers have such intensity and clarity of purpose as you do.
Hugs,
Kimberlee
Great tips that make a lot of sense. That passion can burn out when you have to stuff writing into the tiny, spare cracks of time during the day. I’ll keep this article bookmarked to stay on track!
Hi Plaid!
That is the hardest for me, when I constantly get interrupted and I know I only have bits and pieces of time. Making the best of things and taking advantage of longer stretches of time when they are available is a great way to keep on writing!
I’m glad you enjoyed my post!
~Kimberlee
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I actually do my writing throughout the day. I work full-time as a therapist and am a mom as well so my days are very busy. I do my writing in the mornings, during lunch, during my commute, etc. Anytime really. And when I’m in a pinch, I write on my blackberry. Writing goes with me wherever I go. That’s my passion right there. I believe if you want something so bad you can taste it, you will make time for it. No excuses.
Great post!
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That’s a great attitude Heiddi! It hurts not to write sometimes! If I had my way, I’d be holed up in a writer’s retreat somewhere in the forest.
~Kimberlee
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Thanks Kimberlee, I’ve needed the reminder as I ‘ve been consumed with pressures from my “day’ job as of late & letting my passion (writing) fall by the wayside…
Your post is helping to get me back on track!
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Glad I could help Clara! Real life pressures creep in unexpectedly sometimes, and before we know it, it has been days since we last wrote!
~Kimberlee
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Great tips on keeping your writing passion burning. Travel writing is exciting because you visit far off destinations and find yourself along the way. You meet interesting people and experience cultures that you’ve read about it in books. There’s always something going on around you stirring the passion within you. Perhaps it’s a tribal dance or a mother and child sitting on the stairs. There’s no limit with travel writing.
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