Discipline
When I host writing-related WhatsApp sessions, I give participants the opportunity of an introduction and to say something special about themselves.
I remember a participant who said, โI want to be the best writer in the world.โ I thought, โOh, thatโs great. Thatโs where it all beginsโsaying the right things.โ
But, do you stop there? No! Your words should lead you to action.
To maintain the action, you need one thingโone of the most important characteristics of a writerโdiscipline!
๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ. Yes!
๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ.
๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ.
๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด/๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 7-๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ.
๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด.
๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด.
Check the most successful writers in the world. One thing you will observe with them is discipline.
I remember reading about Jerry B. Jenkins. He noted that when writing his first book, he had another job.
To complete his manuscript, he had to write from 9 pm-12 midnight every day.
Whatโs that? Discipline!
Dear writer, ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ.
The title of my first e-book is, โ8 Disciplines for Successโ (currently under review). In it, I stated, โMany desire to be successful, but are not ready to subject to the discipline that success demands.โ
I ask you today: Do you want to rank high as a writer? Or do you want to get by?
I want you to aim for the top in writing. One thing you need to achieve this is discipline.
I leave you with these words by George Washington, โDiscipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.โ
Do you want to be formidable as a writer? Do you want to procure success as a writer? Do you want esteem as a writer? Do you want to become the best writer in the world? Discipline is one thing you canโt discard.
Remember, ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ.
Will you be a disciplined writer this week and forever? Let me know in the comment section.
I’m cheering you on ๐ค.
๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น, ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
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