When the writer loses motivation
Writing is an art, and to make art you need inspiration
This week I have read several posts where writers are losing motivation to write on the platform.
In their minds it is inevitable to bring out the writing-healing relationship and while the latter becomes scarcer, the letters die.
This situation led me to reflect, so my lines today are dedicated to those writers who might feel frustrated.
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Motivation or inspiration Is there a difference when writing?
The way I see it, motivation and inspiration for the writer are two different things.
First of all, motivation is what drives you, what moves you, what excites you to do something.
On the other hand, I see inspiration as "the muse", the idea turned into poetry, magic, painting, writing, in short... dressed in any of the ways you want to capture or materialize it.
But! What happens when your motivation plays against you to the point of annihilating your inspiration?
Believe it or not, that is what is happening to many of those who write within this platform called "Steemit".
And you may be wondering how this can happen.
Well, this happens when your motivation is married exclusively to the desire to monetize.
I want to warn you that there is nothing wrong with wanting to monetize for what we do, but without a doubt this cannot be the only ingredient that ignites our motivation, since there is a risk that when it does not happen you may feel that the river of your inspiration has dried up.
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What should we do when motivation plays against us?
The first thing I recommend is that you free yourself from the belief: "curation is the reward for what I write".
This will decrease expectation and frustration.
The second thing is to write, write and keep writing.
Do it to such an extent that it serves as catharsis and when you can't do it, don't feel bad about it.
There are many of us who must spend time looking for other sources of income generation, but that does not mean that our inspiration has been extinguished.
I can give you a third piece of advice, remember that in everything you do you are making yourself known, because it is about your blog, your work, your art, your contribution as a content creator and without a doubt “you are always worth much"
Yes!, although the cures do not agree with your publications.
Don't worry, better times will come.
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Inspiration... how to keep it alive
Inspiration is a flame that you must always keep alive, and what I like the most about it is that it forces us to be permanent observers of our surroundings or, as scholars of holistic subjects say, "live in the here and live in the now".
When you feel overwhelmed, just get away from the computer for a while and recreate yourself with nature, sharing with people who make you happy or doing things that make you feel good inside.
While this is happening, take a little time to be silent and you will see how the muse arrives or as you can also call it "inspiration".
We are here to be whoever we want to be, Steemit gives us the opportunity to express ourselves beyond our roles or professions, take this time as a way to save your memories, reflections and why not, what you have learned in a common day.
The most valuable reward is to become aware of yourself...
Regarding monetary issues, I can assure you that as long as you are focused and committed to doing what you like, then the money will come by itself, yes! from anywhere, not just from the platform.
Positive always, we all wish for good times to come for this platform that has given us so much, that's why we are still here trying to keep our muse, we keep going as long as the body holds out as the saying goes.
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Everyone can write, but not everyone can be consistent with their writing and also really feel that they have written.
When at one point I can't write due to lack of inspiration, at other times I have inspiration but are lazy to write, these are the two main big problems.
we have to solve this problem by interacting a lot and also motivating ourselves, a little fire can burn a chest.
Thank you for sharing with us, this is a good post my dear friend,
Good luck to you
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Thank you very much for your comment, it is valuable for me. In my case, when I feel like I don't have enough time to make a good post, I focus on commenting and interacting, and only when I can leave something of quality do I write.
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Thanks!!!!