What’s Your Motivation?

Motivation. Some of us have a lot of it. Other’s need a kick in the pants to get it going? Either way, without proper motivation your goal will never move off your to do list.

So the inevitable question from me is…what motivates you? To write, to draw close to God, to ___________ (fill in the blank.)

Hum. What motivates me to write? I really hadn’t thought of it until now. If I dig back into my childhood, writing was a way to release my inner emotions in a safe environment. I wasn’t really good at expressing myself verbally, but I got my point across when I wrote. Then I got really good at it, got A’s in school in my writing, and people praised me. So you can see where my motivation came from. Now my writing has turned into a natural out pour of who I am.

I am therefore I write, so to speak.

But just like goals can change, so can motivation. Was your love of writing once enough to keep you happy? Are you now so obsessed with publication that you’ve lost your joy of writing? If so, I’d say it’s probably time to re-evaluate your motivation. Publishing doesn’t validate your life. Don’t believe me? Check out one authors’ view on the subject here.