How do you keep motivation and creativity alive every day? Specially in those days in which you only feel like being on the coach eating cookies. I have so many friends (and future friends) who need Realmslore or other creativity from me, so I happily get to the keyboard and do it! (And after fifty-odd years of daily doing it, it's a habit!) :}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 26, 2019
And what would you recommend someone who is not as famous and therefore is not in the same situation? 😅 1
Well, step one is: ENJOY what you're doing. There will be drudgery and hard bits of writing in any project, but create what delights you and lifts your heart.
Do small projects (if you want to write a novel, do a scene. Then string some scenes into a chapter) so you can FINISH.— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 27, 2019
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If you finish, you can feel the accomplishment. and evade being bogged down or overwhelmed. Do the little things, get them done.
It's quite possible to write little scenes for a year, then print them out separately, arrange them on a table in the order that seems best, then…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 27, 2019
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…write the BARE MINIMUM to link them together coherently and with the pacing you like…and you have a novel. Or a mega roleplaying adventure.
Then turn to the next one (you should always have five or six on the go, so when you hit a wall on one, you can turn to another). :}— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 27, 2019