unasked, bursting
if it doesn’t come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don’t do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don’t do it.
– Charles Bukowski, “So you want to be a writer?”
Tag: writing
Daily Check-In #3
How did I do yesterday on my writing goals?
- I did not look for more sites to send my freelance articles.
- I did not look for any content farm sites.
- I did search Mechanical Turk for writing HITs. Didn’t find any but I did a couple bucks worth of surveys.
- I didn’t work on my novel at all.
- I didn’t keep track of interesting articles online.
I did fill out my Contently site a bit more last night, including some links to some product descriptions I wrote for Mturk last year. I wasn’t sure they’d still be on the web, but I searched and found them. I saved a bunch of them as PDFs for my own records. Sure, it’s mind-numbing marketing copy but it’s still writing I got paid for.
How many days will I write “I did not work on my novel at all.” until I shame myself into working on my novel? Maybe the third time’s the charm! The day’s not over yet!