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Quality Of A Successful Author - Commitment by James King
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Making a commitment to something - or someone - is all about making a pledge or a promise... and then engaging yourself totally in the fulfillment of it. As far as your writing is concerned, developing and strengthening the quality of your commitment will mean the difference between writing or not writing, taking action or allowing resistance to hold you back. Commitment sets the scene for all of the small choices you make every day in relation to your writing. It also guides you when you come to make the larger decisions regarding how to move forwards when you're ready to take your work out to the marketplace. And commitment helps you to access the right information and support you need to do so. Ultimately, your degree of commitment to your writing will be a strong determining factor in your experience of 'success' or 'failure' - however you choose to define what those terms mean for you. When a true commitment is made, it's as if the blocks to progress fade into the background and any obstacles on the path lose their power to stop you in your tracks. Put simply, commitment opens the way for you to harness your creative energy, express yourself on the page and find a way to reach out to readers. So what is it about authentic commitment which makes such a difference to your experience of the writing process AND to the results you achieve? Author James Womack puts it like this, 'Commitment unlocks the doors of imagination, allows vision, and gives us the "right stuff" to turn our dreams into reality.' I would add that making an authentic commitment draws all aspects of yourself into a powerful alignment of body, mind, emotions and soul. It is this alignment which brings the clarity required for your true voice to find its way to the page... and ultimately on towards your audience. Commitment is like a laser beam of concentrated light which can cut through blocks - including the voice of your inner critic - and open the way for you to take action! 3 Tips So here are 3 tips for how to harness the power of commitment and apply it successfully to your writing: 1. Review your reasons for wanting to write... and write them down! Commitment flourishes when there is a clear sense of purpose. When you know why you are writing and why it is important to you it will be much easier to commit at a level which supports you and your chosen form of creative expression. So every few months starting right now I encourage you to pause and reflect on how you're feeling about your writing. Feelings change as your experience unfolds so you need to review them regularly. Explore what difference it is making - or could make - to your life to have a regular and creatively satisfying writing rhythm. Complete this sentence in your journal or current writing file: The difference that writing regularly and having my ideas out in the world will make/is making to me is.... 2. Decide to put your writing FIRST every day for the next 7 days! Many of the writers I work with need a great deal of encouragement to put their writing FIRST! So much of the time it is a question of trying to fit writing around the other commitments of everyday life. And that is fine - but only up to a point. There comes a moment when you have to take the plunge and choose to bring your writing up to the top of your priority list and affirm your commitment to it by doing so. Even if you only spend a short amount of time writing before completing your other tasks, the fact that you are making it a priority will lead to more writing finding its way to the page and ultimately more creative satisfaction. 3. Find a writing friend, coach or mentor, to help you hold fast to whatever level of commitment you have chosen. There is nothing quite like the support of others when it comes to maintaining your commitment. This is especially true with writing and I have witnessed over and over again the dramatic progress that people make when properly supported to do so. Commitments are often challenged by the circumstances of everyday life. When you are feeling strong in yourself, you can usually find a way to maintain your commitment once you have established it. However, there are times when we all feel that a bit of extra support would help. Having a friend, coach or mentor to call or email, or even a group of like-minded people, to encourage you when you need help to stay on track is of unquantifiable value. By putting some or all of these strategies in place, you can ensure that you are making the most of the power of commitment to achieve your writing and publishing aspirations. Enjoy! plagiarism
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