No Buts, No Excuses, No Bull

Today is the official first day of Holly's Discipline course and with what she has you do I can already see how I have wasted time I could have spent writing. And I think I've found a habit where I tend to waste a little bit of time here and there and I know how fast that builds up. Jeez... Today is going to just be brutal.

Found a good article by Holly on her site today. How to Tell Who WON'T Make It in Writing (and How Not to be that Writer). She's got a BUNCH of awesome articles.

A quick quote:

I couldn't in a million years tell you who among those thousands of hopeful writers will eventually succeed. But I can tell you in about five minutes which writers are guaranteed to fail.

Give it a quick read. It's important; I know that recently I've noticed a lot of pompous folks going on and on about their writing and never really listening to others, even when they ask questions. As I meet other writers, both online and off, I'd say one in 10 is a genuine writer.

My thought is that if I ever was lucky enough to have the chance to ask a professional writer for words of advice and I didn't like what I heard, I'd still be smart enough to take into account that the professional might know a thing or two about writing that I don't yet.