As a Writer, You Only Have to Make One Important Decision When It Comes to Your Novel

Sure there are many decisions you'll have to make when it comes to your novel such as what point of view it's going to be told from, what genre it's going to be, cover art, and so forth. 

There are so many decisions to make when it comes to your novel that anyone, even new or seasoned writers alike can go dizzy or mad from it all or simply have their hand fall off if they attempt to write all of the things they have to decide on by hand in a long to-do list. 

But for this moment you need to set all of those decisions aside to focus on the most important decision when it comes to your novel. 

The decision to write it.

Now hold on, don't click away just yet. I'm sure you think that writing your novel will be a no-brainer right? 

Well, what if you've worked all day and by the time you get home you want to eat a nice dinner, have a glass of wine, and watch an episode or two of your favorite show and then you'll write before bed? But you never do… one glass turned into two and two episodes turned into four and before you know it you need to get ready for bed or you'll be late to work the next day. 

What if you decide to set aside an entire day for writing - only to say you'll start it as soon as you've made breakfast - then you cleaned the dishes - then you vacuumed the toast crumbs - all the way up until you cut the grass with a pair of scissors until it's the end of the day and it's once again time for bed. 

There's a reason there's a running joke among the writing community that there's never been a more productive person than a person who needs to write because they will always be talking about getting their writing done, but never actually do it. 

As a writer, you need to decide to write.

Decide to write instead of watching TV. 

Decide to write instead of going out to lunch with your friends.

Decide to write instead of sleeping in on your lazy days.

There would be more books in the world if it weren't for the curse of the writing world - the lazy writers. 

Sure you're doing other things that can be lumped into a term called Procrastination Productivity, but I'm sure if you had put all the time you spent reading articles like this on the internet into writing - you wouldn't be here wondering about what decision you should be making right now.

You would have made the decision to write. 

Your book cover can wait, you can decide on your exact genre after you've written the novel, and you can always change the POV later - the one thing you can't do later is write the book because the more you put it off the less likely you are going to complete it.

Now decide to write today and make that decision every day until your novel is complete. 

Then get started on the next one. 

With love, 

B. King xo xo

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