Carpe Diem, Writers!

Let's face it. Most of us writers are not lounging on beach chairs wearing sunglasses with a margarita in hand or sitting cozily on an over-sized couch next to a fire wearing a turtleneck while writing. The majority of us are trying to write after working 10 hour shifts while taking Excedrin and drinking Pepsi just to stay awake. At least that's my experience.

I know a lot of you out there struggle with similar situations. We have jobs, families, relationships, responsibilities, health problems, Internet, TV and other external factors that take huge chunks of our precious writing time away from us. But are these factors the only thing stopping us from writing?

How many times do you doubt yourself as you sit down to write? How many times do you think that you could be doing something else with your time? How many times do you feel guilty for writing instead of spending time with family and friends? How many times do you sit down to write and tell yourself that you are not good enough and that you should just give up?

So many external factors get in the way of our writing, but we need to remember that we can create a lot of stifling internal problems as well. So let's stop those negative thoughts and seize every opportunity we have to write!