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How To Transform Your Need To Write Into A Productive Endeavor

You feel the need to let it out — but what then?

There are days when all you want to do is write. You want to write something impressive, grandiose, everlasting. Congratulations — you feel the need.

But then, when you sit in front of your computer, you start to fill the page with words and words and words.

The need is spent, you no longer need to keep on writing. But what have you created?

An Emotional Rant?

You may have written about how Alex left you for that jerk and how it makes you feel, or maybe you wrote about your day, or how something has been bothering you for a while.

All of these are valid. The question you need to ask yourself is how these emotional rants help you out? Do they make you feel better? That’s awesome.

I’m willing to bet that as a writer with the need, some extra dollars from your writing in your bank account also makes you feel a little bit better. Am I right?

Write What Comes But Make It Helpful

You wrote about Alex — your significant other that left you for some jerk — and how it made you feel. Now, ask yourself, how is this going to be…