| Last week, I decided to quit writing.
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| | stars. Or if it is a lovely spring day
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| Tired of rejection, tired of being a
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| | with all the flowers peeping out of their
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| slave to words and phrases, I decided it
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| | beds or if it is a crisp sky blue winter
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| was time I straightened out my life. So I
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| | morning with the frost decorating the
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| quit. Cold turkey!I cleared off my desk,
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| | windowpanes... or... On second thought..
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| shut down the computer, shoved all my
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| | don't go out at all. Viewing nature in
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| discs and hard copies into the file
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| | all her splendor can cause inspiration to
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| cabinet, locked it and handed my husband
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| | overpower your will power.Clear off your
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| the key. I threw the mouse into the trash
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| | desk. Every writer knows that creating is
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| and that was that.Quitting a habit is
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| | difficult in a neat and tidy environment.
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| relatively easy. I have a friend who has
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| | As clutter tends to inspire, a blank desk
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| quit smoking 243 times.Staying quit? Now
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| | top will help you retain your blank state
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| that is a different thing altogether.I
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| | of mind.You may also consider joining a
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| have heard that all writers are not
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| | self-help group for reformed writers.
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| addicts. Some claim they can lay their
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| | Last night I attended my first AWA
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| writing career aside any time they
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| | meeting (addicted writers anonymous).
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| choose. Others, like myself, are sucked
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| | Some of the stories I heard there brought
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| into the literary scene after only one
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| | a tear to my eye. One lady admitted to
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| byline. All it takes to get us hopelessly
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| | accepting money for her work. Can you
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| addicted is to see our name printed in
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| | believe that? I was ashamed for her.
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| tiny letters beneath a few lines of text
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| | Another member confessed to attending his
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| in a magazine.However, there is hope for
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| | own son's school where he posed as a
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| us. We can help ourselves remain ink free
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| | librarian in order to gain insight into
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| if we posses the willpower and the strong
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| | the children's reading habits and
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| desire to quit.The pencil theory. Some
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| | literary preferences. Then another member
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| writers argue that carrying a pencil
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| | stood and in a voice choking with
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| between their teeth or holding an empty
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| | emotion, he told of how he turned his
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| ink pen between their fingers helps
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| | four-year-old daughter into a
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| diminish their cravings. This doesn't
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| | schizophrenic. He constantly got his
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| work for me. I never can resist the urge
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| | daughter confused with the child
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| to put the pencil to paper, so I have
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| | protagonist in a novel he was writing.
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| vowed to never touch another pencil. The
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| | Now his little Susie thinks her name is
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| surgeon General should have a warning put
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| | Yolanda.I had a confession of my own. I
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| on the things. Blank paper is too easily
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| | fell off the wagon. We needed groceries.
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| obtained.Never allow yourself any *think
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| | The children were hungry. I needed to
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| time*. Solitude is the worst enemy for a
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| | make a list to take to the market. I was
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| writer, trying to quit. The mind begins
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| | alone in the house. I sneaked into my
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| to wander and as sure as God made
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| | son's room and ever so quietly, I booted
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| quotation marks, you'll find yourself
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| | up his PC, opened word pad, and began to
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| filled with ideas and phrases, until your
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| | type up my list. Suddenly something
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| head won't be able to contain them and
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| | snapped.. I lost control of my fingers
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| you'll find yourself reaching for the
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| | and somewhere between hamburger and
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| keyboard.Keep busy. Clean away those dust
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| | cereal.. I wrote this article. I am weak,
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| bunnies you've allowed to collect in the
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| | I am ashamed.. I am an addict.Leeuna
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| corners. Watch TV. Engage in a mindless
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| | Foster is a Marketing Strategist, Author
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| conversation on the phone or with your
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| | and Poet. She has been writing for two
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| spouse. Go visit your mother-in-law.
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| | decades and her short fiction and poetry
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| Always wear a blindfold when you go
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| | have won several national and regional
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| outside, especially if the sun is shining
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| | awards.
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| or if it is dark with a sky full of
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