Boice P12-19 Response

The beginnings of this chapter in Boice's book How Writers Journey to Comfort and Fluency, were definitely nowhere near as helpful as these last few pages. I think that he provides some really sound advice. It's one of those situations where after I read it, I kind of just sat back and contemplated things for a while. I realized that I did a lot of the things he was talking about and I avoid committing myself to something because I want my genius to be a "natural occurence"; one sparked by magic or some kind of unrealistic talent.
What Boice says in his opening chapter is that he is going to explain, in a bit more detail, exactly how to take a different angle at writing. He goes through a set of steps that may help reframe the problem of motivation and involvement in the writing process. I will give a brief overview of the ones I found useful.

1. Once you make the act of writing a habit (something you have yourself do everyday), the act of writing itself will be enough to carry you into a motivated spirit.
2. Some writers claim to have sucess with procrastination and binge writing, but most are not nearly as successful.
3. Those that are successfull are usually a lot more susceptible to bad health and depression caused by exhaustion.
4. Writing instructors can help a lot. Normally just the act of helping you talk to yourself about your own individual problems is enough to autocorrect many bad habits.
This final piece is kind of crucial so I will quote it
I will definitely try to take this mindset into my next creative writing session in order to improve as a writer on the whole.