“A writer must write.  Nothing should keep him from his daily hours in front of his writing machine.  Not hell, not high water, not headache or toothache or heartache.

The writer who compromises this absolute commitment is doomed.  Once you rationalize a single excuse, no matter how impressive it might be, you’ve opened the door for any excuse.  You’ll never run of out of excuses for not writing.

You can’t write only when you feel like it, and when you’ve got nothing better to do, and when you’re feeling inspired and when all your stars are properly aligned.  If you do, you’ll hardly ever write.

Writer’s write.  Every day.”  -William G Tapply

Originally published in The Writer