How to Excite Yourself About Writing

Have you ever been bored by your own writing? Have you ever

thought about your book, only to feel dread and a want to procrastinate?

Here’s the first thing to do when you meet this predicament: Don’t

panic.

This is normal. In fact, it’s expected. Most writers start to hate their

book by the time they reach the middle, around that 30,000-word mark.

Usually when you begin a book (though not always) you know what’s going

to happen at the beginning, and what’s going to happen at the end. With the

middle, most writers wing it.

This isn’t a bad thing. In fact, this isn’t a good thing, either. It just is.

Fortunately, there are a few things you can do to excite yourself about your

writing again. Here are three options.

1. Change your font.

This is simple, easy, and fun. Anyone would get sick of Times New

Roman after 20,000 words. It’s boring, repetitive, and—well, there’s no

other word for it—blah. Change up your font every couple chapters. Try the

cutesy Kristen ITC or the romantic Blackadder ITC. Or maybe you can go

for something fun, like Jokerman. There are thousands of fonts out there

waiting to be discovered. So go out there and discover them!

2. Make your letters HUGE.

This tricks your brain into thinking you’re making the triple the

amount of progress you’re really making. If you’re using size 12, step it up

to size eighteen. You’d be surprise at the difference you’ll make. (But do not

check your word count. That’ll just set you way back. I mean it. Don’t do

3. Write for You.

Who did you start writing for at the very beginning? I’ll sure as heck

bet that it wasn’t your mom, or your dad, or your little sister, and it definitely

wasn’t for that guy in Ohio that’s been commenting on your blog for a while

now.

A lot of writers lose sight of what really matters. That writing makes

you happy. Why else would you be doing it? If you’re in it for the money, I

hate to break it to you, but there are so many better ways to do it.

Don’t write what you think other people will like. Write what you

like. And if you’re passionate enough about it, other people will like it, too. I

promise.

What are your tricks to falling back in love with your writing? I’d

love to hear them! :D

This post was written by Kate. Be sure to check out her blog here.