Yesterday, it was a bright sunshiny day. The perfect day to sit outside on the patio and revise chapters.  An ideal day….

…and it was all I could do just to think about writing and revising. Truth be told, I reviewed about ten pages and took some notes. I had absolutely NO ENERGY! And no idea why.

Today, it’s cloudy, cold and rainy and guess what? I have the energy of a two year old child high on cotton candy. I’m vibrating.

Why?

Why does our energy ebb and flow seemingly without reason or cause. Yesterday I could have slept all day and been completely happy and today I’m bee bopping to MJB and making real progress on client projects and my manuscript.

As a romance writer, or a writer of any kind for that matter, you’ll likely struggle with more than a simple change in energy levels.

Some days the muse whispers sweet nothings in your ear and other days it’s all you can do to remember what she looks or sounds like.

Push Forward

The path to productivity and maintaining progress is to push through the low energy, low creative inspiration, and low motivation days. Get somethign done, even if you only revise ten pages or write one. At least you’ve done something toward your end goal. You’ve made progress.

Creating this habit is the key to achieving your goals and your dreams.  Accept the ebb and flow of motivation and learn to work with it.  And when those high energy days surface, seize them!

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