Friday, January 30, 2015

There's Always Another Idea

As a writer, there are lots of things you can angst about. (Feeling like a hack, the rising cost of...) One of the things that really gets me going sometimes: thinking of a good idea for a story, and then panicking that someone else is going to get there first, or realizing there's some flaw or loophole in this golden idea of mine and it's not so great after all.

This is where it's helpful to remember the saying: "Good ideas are a dime a dozen." If you have a good idea, you can be certain that you will have another good one. Don't despair: there *IS* something else for you in your future.

What if you have an idea that you feel strongly about,but when you sit down to write it out, you just can't seem to make it work? You want to force the damn thing out, but the stars just aren't aligning for your vision. It happens.

You don't want to dwell on something that just isn't working, for whatever reason - there's another great idea out there, and you can't let this one stop you from finding the one you're meant to find.

Here's some wisdom from Randy Bachman: When he first started working on the song, "Taking Care of Business," he couldn't get the lyrics right. So, in his own words, he put the song "on a shelf next to his heart," and held onto it until the time was right to get into it again. Years later, he had a hit.

Don't let dwelling on a past idea hold you back from the great idea you're truly meant to realize.

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