The very short quiz for ‘writers’ by Maia Walczak

Dear Brit Writers, if you have found that your internet based procrastination skills have dramatically flourished ever since you decided to ‘properly start taking writing seriously,’ then might I suggest the following quiz:

Do you like the idea of writing?

If you answered YES proceed to question 2.

Do you like writing?

If you answered YES proceed to question 3.

Do you want to write?

If you answered YES proceed to question 4.

This one is very important…do you actually really definitely want to write?

If you answered YES proceed to question 5.

Ask yourself truly deep within your heart the following: What is more important to me this morning/afternoon/evening:
a) to mindlessly stalk someone on twitter or facebook and/or constantly refresh the page to see if there’s anything new and interesting to ‘like’ or RT, OR
b) to write a bit more of that novel or short story or whatever it is you are supposedly working on these days.

Depending on what your answer was to question 5, you should now have a better idea of your priorities and what you actually want from today and even quite possibly your life.

If you answered b, I suggest the following: for at least just a couple of hours disconnect from the internet 100% and go have an intimate face to face date with your writing, and literally see how it changes EVERYTHING.

Go on try it, I dare you to. You are only a writer when you write.

And if you answered a…well…surely no one answered a, right?

by Maia Walczak

The Unofficial 'Brit Writers and Writers Everywhere' blog.