Having Faith in Your Writing is Like Having Faith in God
If you write a book, you are going to be monk-like sequestered, but the comparison goes deeper than just the physicality the two endeavours share. Faith means not worrying. That is what can be called a fearless, focussed writer. If you write, at some point, you give yourself over to the process. You let the book write you.
Confidence in Writing
Very few writers have complete confidence in their own writing. Even well published authors struggle with their confidence and that usually has a signifcant negative impact on their ability to write consistently. Having confidence means having belief in and trust for one’s own abilty, in this case, to write. Writing is the art and craft of clearly communicating in ways that express what it is one wants to convey. Having some confidence in your ability to do that is necessary for the writer to write.
Writing Requires Discipline
I was reminded of how writing requires discipline by one of my writing friends who called me the other day and was complaining that she hasn’t written anything for weeks because she was too busy to simply sit down and write. She was the inspiration for this blog because I think that so many writers are in this boat. We feel pressured to do so many different things in a day, but usually writing isn’t one of them. And that is okay unless you consider yourself to be a writer.
