When I was a kid, one of my favorite movies was “Throw Momma From the Train.” If you haven’t seen it, bookmark this page, go find a copy and watch it. I’ll wait.
Welcome back. So, if you’ve seen the movie, you know that the two main characters are a writing teacher and an aspiring writer. One of the lines in the movie is, “Remember, a writer writes always.” If this is true, then last year I wasn’t much of a writer. I tinkered with stuff, but really didn’t do a whole lot of writing. I just wasn’t showing up for the gig, as it were, and because of that, nothing was getting done. Toward the end of the year, looking at my complete lack new work I decided I was going to change that. As fortune was have it, I was contacted by another writer, Rebecca N. McKinnon, that she was going to start up a writer accountability group. It sounded like just what I was looking for, so I joined up.
BEST IDEA EVER. We get together once a month and set goals, but check in daily to keep each other accountable but support each other when we’re just stuck in one way or another. It’s great to have a group of people to be able to talk about the frustrations and joys of writing with. The real indicator though is I actually look forward to meeting every month. Meeting new people is not my forte and I’ll usually avoid it if I can, but this is a cool group and I’m really glad I joined it. I’ve probably already gotten more writing done this year than last year, which makes me cringe for last year, but really excited about this year. So, I’ll be blogging more and hopefully finishing up the projects I have underway. Thanks for being here for the journey so far. Let’s see where it goes!
Be sure and check out the other writers in our group:
Rebecca N. McKinnon
And enjoy this clip from “Throw Momma From the Train”
