I quit! #IWSG June

6/7/2017

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IWSG is posted the first Wednesday of every month, but I'm posting early this month. Explanation is below with my writing goals. It is the brain child of Ninja Captain Alex J. Cavanaugh. Get your fears and insecurities out or give words of encouragement. We're writers, let's support each other!

The awesome co-hosts for the June 7 posting of the IWSG will be JH Moncrieff, Madeline Mora-Summonte, Jen Chandler, Megan Morgan, and Heather Gardner! Go visit them and say Hi!

This month's questions is: DID YOU EVER SAY “I QUIT”? IF SO, WHAT HAPPENED TO MAKE YOU COME BACK TO WRITING?

I have yet to say "I quit" in regards to writing. I have thought about it, but it never got past my lips. There are times when writing is tough. It feels like a slog, but when I look at everyone else, they are breezing along like it's the easiest thing in the world. I feel like a failure. I'll never find more readers or I'll lose readers. Why am I bothering? I should quit.

But then I get stubborn. Hell no I don't want to quit! I like writing. If it was easy, it wouldn't be worth it. I'm going to make it work and laugh at life for trying to stop me. Gonna take selfies of me with my books and post them on Instagram. That'll show life. ;)

30 Comments

Pat Garcia link

6/7/2017 06:09:29 am

Oh Patricia,
the others aren't breezing along. It just seems like that. Don't ever give up. It is when you do give up that you realise the prize was just around the bend. So keep going, Lady.
Shalom aleichem,
Patricia
<a href="https://www.patgarciaandeverythingmustchange.com/html/">Everything Must Change</a>

Christine Rains link

6/7/2017 07:45:06 am

I know that feeling of frustration and wanting to turn my back on it all, but I can't stop writing. One day, I hope to see those selfies of you!

Tyrean A Martinson link

6/7/2017 08:06:06 am

I love your stubborness and your idea of taking selfies with books on instagram. I have to try that. :)

Megan Morgan link

6/7/2017 08:14:47 am

Don't give up! Believe me, no matter how other writers look from the outside, we're definitely not breezing along!

Anna link

6/7/2017 09:22:03 am

I wouldn't have made it this far if I didn't write. Just sayin'

<a href="http://emaginette.wordpress.com"> Anna from elements of emaginette</a>

Samantha Bryant link

6/7/2017 09:34:26 am

LOL. I'm just like you: tell me I can't do something (even if I'm the one telling myself that), and some inner donkey comes out and proves how VERY stubborn I actually am. :-)

@mirymom1 from
<a href="http://samanthabryant.com">Balancing Act</a>

M.J. Fifield link

6/7/2017 09:41:54 am

Staying stubborn is definitely the key. :)

J.H. Moncrieff link

6/7/2017 09:46:13 am

You know why it seems everyone else has easier? It's been drummed into most of us that no one likes to see writers whining about how hard their lives are online. So I'd say the great majority focus on the positive, but that doesn't mean there aren't any struggles. *hugs*

How do you get traction on Wattpad? I finally tried it this year, but quickly got discouraged.

Liz A. link

6/7/2017 10:02:35 am

What's that saying? We see everyone else's final drafts, but we suffer through our own rough drafts. We only see the successes of others, not the struggle. So, good on you to keep on. It's hard for us all, I daresay.

Alex J. Cavanaugh link

6/7/2017 10:07:51 am

Just don't lose that stubborn streak!

C. Lee McKenzie

6/7/2017 10:08:47 am

I suppose if it were easy a lot of us would have moved on to another challenge! Glad you think like that, too!

joy link

6/7/2017 10:47:22 am

O yeah! laugh at life and stay stubborn :D

joy @ <a href="http://www.thejoyousliving.com">The Joyous Living</A>

Chrys Fey link

6/7/2017 10:51:39 am

You're lucky it never got past your lips. I'm stubborn, too, which is why I was never able to really give up.

Mary Pax link

6/7/2017 10:55:52 am

I don't think anyone but a few are breezing along. This is a tough business. I concentrate on whether I'm enjoying it and try to have fun on the journey. Otherwise, it's a painful hobby. lol

CD Gallant-King link

6/7/2017 12:35:15 pm

I'm too dumb to quit.

Tamara Narayan link

6/7/2017 12:58:01 pm

I feel like I've quit with productivity levels being so low, but I still want to write, even if I never find commercial success. It makes me happy.

JE Oneal link

6/7/2017 01:04:55 pm

Writing's the best, isn't it? Although it would be nice to not have to choose between it and eating.

Crystal Collier link

6/7/2017 01:59:28 pm

LOL! You show life. Who is it to stop you anyway? It's so easy to get discouraged, eh? But we're seeing everyone else's successes and comparing them to our failures. Since when is that fair?

Sarah Foster link

6/7/2017 03:24:16 pm

LOL stubbornness can be a good thing. I just think if I actually tried to quit writing, my characters would bug me until I tried again. So maybe they're the stubborn ones...

gwen gardner link

6/7/2017 05:45:16 pm

I know what you mean about some authors breezing along. I think it seems like it, but in reality those authors struggle just like us. It's a tough path we've chosen for sure, but we can do this. Just practice, practice, practice!

Susan Gourley link

6/7/2017 06:49:49 pm

I think writers invented the word, slog, because we all know what it means yet here we still are.

J Lenni Dorner link

6/7/2017 07:22:39 pm

I always write myself a letter about why I'm quitting. That's what always brings me back to not quitting!

Jemima Pett link

6/8/2017 02:40:07 am

That's the spirit! Keep at 'em!! :)

Nicola Burggraf link

6/8/2017 04:03:20 am

Hi Patricia. I don't think any writer thinks its a breeze. We all have good days when the words do flow, but those dark days when it's difficult to string a sentence together also come to us all. Good for you for sticking with it. As you say, if it was easy everybody would be doing it. Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing your thoughts - we can all relate :) Have a lovely week.

Madeline Mora-Summonte link

6/8/2017 05:14:54 am

I don't think it really is easier or breezier for others, it just looks that way sometimes. But I think we all have those moments when everything is clicking and our writing and our lives are good. Let's aim for more of those! :)

L. Diane Wolfe link

6/8/2017 10:30:02 am

I should take some of me and put them on Pinterest.

Stephanie Faris link

6/8/2017 10:56:32 am

That's it! We just have to be too stubborn to give up.

Yvonne V link

6/9/2017 06:13:17 am

I love the stubborn attitude!

Michelle Wallace link

6/10/2017 01:34:33 am

Everybody else is breezing along? Wish I was a part of that group. What am I missing?

Never mind...I'll just plod along as I've been doing.

But I'll definitely join you in "showing life" with our stubborn never-give-in attitudes! Take that life! Stubbornness rules!