All Writers Must Learn to ‘Balance’ Work and Play

Check out this post from the Novelty Revisions blog which reminds us that All Writers Must Learn to ‘Balance’ Work and Play

Meg Dowell Writes

When it comes to writing — and most writers — there seem to be two extremes: those who write all the time and don’t do much else, and those who wish they could write more but can never seem to write enough.

I have a theory as to why we don’t hear from the former type very much — I can say from personal experience that it’s hard to talk about “over-writing” because it sounds kind of elitist to complain about having too many ideas and too much work when there are those who struggle so much with this on a daily basis. But that’s a discussion for another blog post.

Here’s the truth: At the end of the day, writing is work. If you have dreams of getting published or working as a writer in a certain industry or gaining recognition for your words in any way, you will…

View original post 1,094 more words