When Writing Doesn't Go Your Way

Writing is never easy. In fact, when writing doesn't go your way, it can drive you insane. It isn't surprising why most writers, especially back in the day of Hemingway and Poe, are driven to drink.



I don't know about you, but I know this from experience because I was working on a writing project when both laptops stopped functioning and I couldn't get on the Internet no matter what I did. I actually decided that writing wasn't for me and I was going to quit doing the two things that I've grown to love. Writing and doing Online Marketing that I just started getting into. I got so depressed that I wanted to drink myself into a coma, or something. I didn't know how I was going to live without doing either. It was terrible, but I never gave up.



It was then that I realized that I really couldn't live without them.



Before I even attempted to tip the bottle, which I don't do very often, I sat down, thought things through, and I asked myself one important question. "What was I doing the moment my laptop started screwing up?"



Well, I remembered I had just downloaded an antivirus program that I didn't like after it was finished downloading and so I deleted it from my files, and I figured it might've triggered something. After careful consideration and careful planning, I clicked on the control panel and gave my laptop a good cleaning. Thirty minuets later, I couldn't believe it. My laptop started working good as new. I was so happy that I figured it out and was able to get back to business. I was so proud of myself.



The point is, think things through before you do anything drastic. You will soon realize the answer was there all along.



(c) Copyright 2009 by Eleanor Everett