Another frellin' Top Ten

...but this is for newbies: The Top 10 Things You Shouldn't Worry About (by way of A Writer's Life)

http://pjparrish.blogspot.com/2006/02/10-things-you-should-never-worry-about.html

My favorite is No. 10:

You will never have the ideal conditions to write. Something will always come up to distract you -- if you let it. You must choose to write. You must do it knowing that nothing may ever come out of it but the satisfaction of finishing your manuscript. You must do it on faith. Poe was penniless and died in a sewer. He didn't wait until he had the right desk lamp.

Update: After pondering this, the truth is that sometimes it isn't just the newbies who need this reminder.

Another frellin' Top Ten

...but this is for newbies: The Top 10 Things You Shouldn't Worry About (by way of A Writer's Life)

http://pjparrish.blogspot.com/2006/02/10-things-you-should-never-worry-about.html

My favorite is No. 10:

You will never have the ideal conditions to write. Something will always come up to distract you -- if you let it. You must choose to write. You must do it knowing that nothing may ever come out of it but the satisfaction of finishing your manuscript. You must do it on faith. Poe was penniless and died in a sewer. He didn't wait until he had the right desk lamp.

Update: After pondering this, the truth is that sometimes it isn't just the newbies who need this reminder.