Those of you who have been following my little adventure from the start know that I have been working hard to get published this year. That, or at least collect a healthy stack of rejection letters from a few magazines, 20 in total by August 2010. As of last night I’ve got two rejection letters, that’s 10% of the whole show. With a single year left before I am standing tall before the man I need to knock out about 1.5 stories a month to meet this deadline. I have no shortage of things I am eager to write about so this is really just a logistical problem at this point. Where do I find the time?
I have to be at work early on weekdays, so mornings are out unless I start waking up at 6AM. My weekday evenings are usually a good time, but I am often pretty exhausted by then. Weekends are ok, but I am often out doing something with friends. Really, my most productive time is Sunday afternoons, the laundry hours, but that is not nearly enough.
Looking back at this little calendar of excuses makes me ashamed of myself. Stephen King managed to knock out a his first few novels when he was working full time in a laundry and teaching, not to mention raising a couple kids. If I can’t have that kind of discipline while working an office job and having no major responsibilities outside of work I have no business calling myself a writer.
2 comments:
No two people work the same. King might be a natural comparison because you admire him so much but there are brilliant writers out there that have only ever written two or three novels in their lifetime. That's obviously not the type of writer you're aspiring to be, but don't feel like you're any less of a writer, or less dedicated to the art, because it fits into your life in a different manner than someone else. Abbi will spit out a few poems in a week every two years or so and they're dripping with emotion and intensity...
i have the same problem. i write on the weekends, sometimes i get myself up early on weekdays, and sometime i manage to recoup enough after work to get in a couple hours in the evening. can't turn on the tv though, or i'm done for the day.
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