Persistence is something I teach in my math classes at school. I want students to be polite, and persistent. Polite goes so far in life. Persistence I try to tell them will make sure they achieve what is necessary for them. They might persist by staying with a difficult problem. They might persist in asking for something they need, after they’ve been told no.
Being persistent in writing means you need to spend time writing, and not give up. If you can spend the time in a consistent way, the writing will be easier–and better. If you put down your writing for a long time, you will need to spend time figuring out where you left off.
In the process of writing a blog, the time is shorter than writing a novel. Sometimes in writing a blog, time away from the piece will give you a fresh perspective. Persisting in finishing, but not publishing is a good idea. If you finish and not publish, you can then edit later before you publish.
In a novel, it will take months or years to finish the novel. You need to persist because the first draft isn’t the final document. You need to edit, rewrite, cut, add more, and continue to reread your novel.
Persist because you have a story in you that wants to come out. Persist because you enjoy your writing. Persist, and then you can finish.
Persist when you run into a roadblock.
What could stop you writing?
Criticism, fatigue, inability to see the worth in what you do, and a variety of other barriers.
What can you do to get rid of these barriers?
Find others to support you–a writing group, a book, a class. Decide that you can write, but that you might need some help. Work on improving your work. That is persistence.
Make a goal that you can meet. Forgive yourself if you don’t make the goal. Set another one. That is persistence.
Believe in yourself and in your gifts.
Just Saying.
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