@JadaSimone
Jada Jinks
@JadaSimone · 0:32

What motivates you to keep writing?

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Hi. Swell. I just wanted to come on here and ask all you writers out there, what, what motivates you to keep writing? Writing can be pretty challenging for people. You have things like native comments, writers block. Sometimes life just gets in the way and you don't have time to pick up a pen or to go on your computer and write. So I just wanted to ask you guys what motivates you guys to keep upon doing the work that you love

#motivation #writing

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@jsmwang
J Wang
@jsmwang · 1:08
Hey, I love this question, and I totally, like, relate to, you know, going through periods where I feel like I can't write. And oftentimes I think it's like the it's like perfection getting in the way I want to write, but I want it to be brilliant. And so I learned recently that all I need to do is just start really small, just like the tiniest detail
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@JadaSimone
Jada Jinks
@JadaSimone · 1:49
There's constructive criticism to be sure, but even that is pretty good in and of itself. So I would have to definitely say the feedback I receive. Another thing that motivates me to write is the comments that I get from my friends and family. I've been a writer since I was, I'd say around maybe like twelve or 13 years old. And my family and friends have known that about me for a long time
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@Swell
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15

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@gsalzer
Grace Salzer
@gsalzer · 1:00
So I'm just more focused on getting all my thoughts out onto the page and fixing it later. But I don't try to be perfectionist about it. And if I'm having writer's block, what I like to do is just Journal my everyday, just write anything down. Like it doesn't need to be part of a novel or short story or anything or just honestly, sometimes I write out scenes that I imagine and they're not necessarily in a bigger story
@FionaElizabeth
Fiona Hernandez
@FionaElizabeth · 0:35
So usually what I try to do is I try to look up some writing prompts that sort of helped me in writing some stories or just writing my thoughts just to continue writing and just with my writing process
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