You know, I think a lot of people shy away from creative work because the task seems too daunting.
An entire novel? Seventy-five thousand words (or more) on the page? Words that have to make sense and be entertaining??
A whole series of paintings? Each canvas five feet by nine feet? All speaking to a single theme?
An entire chapbook? Fifty to a hundred (or more) solid poems--words and phrases that move people?
You're kidding. Right?
Well, no. Because there's that old adage: Rome wasn't built in a day.
A novel isn't written in a weekend (despite what some "coaches" will tell you). Books of poetry don't fall from the sky fully formed. Maybe you can paint a canvas in a day. But maybe it takes weeks. And maybe--just maybe--you have to throw out six canvases before you find that magic piece.
But here's the thing: tomorrow is going to come. In 365 days you will be another year older. Why not have something to show for it?
Because if you can stay in motion--do one small task toward your creative work today, and another tomorrow, and another the next day--you're going to eventually get to where you need to be.
No, you can't write a book in a weekend, but if you can write a thousand words a day every day, you can have the first draft completed in about three months.
Even if the steps are tiny--these minuscule little efforts that don't even seem worth mentioning--they will add up.
Stay in motion.
That is all.
Be Brilliant!
~Katie~
