| If you own a business, and that's what puts your | | | | two hours a day, can they not? It's not going to |
| food on the table; but if you are a writer as well, | | | | suddenly ruin your business or get you fired if |
| it can be very difficult to combine the two. Dealing | | | | you just step outside of all that stress for an |
| with clients, invoices, numbers, spreadsheets and | | | | hour or two. It may even help your performance, |
| so forth are some of the most boring, uninspiring | | | | although that is not the primary goal of this |
| activities you could perform on this earth, yet | | | | exercise. The primary goal is to get you into your |
| creative writing is, by default, one of the most | | | | imaginary, creative world, so that you can |
| creative, requiring large amounts of emotional | | | | continue the story to your maximum potential. |
| energy, a spark and a zest for life. It is no | | | | Often, on particularly stressful days, this can be |
| surprise that your business or your day job can | | | | impossible, so don't try to force things too much. |
| dampen your spirits and throw water on the | | | | You should write out a plan of what you must do |
| creative fire that you so desperately need to | | | | every day in terms of your writing, but if you |
| write effectively. | | | | don't stick to it due to excessive stress from |
| First and foremost, however difficult it may | | | | work, then don't beat yourself up because of it. |
| seem, you simply must forget everything that | | | | Just as long as you stick to it most of the time, |
| has gone on in the working day, in order to write | | | | you go into your imaginary, creative world most |
| effectively and to your full potential. You have to | | | | of the time, despite all the uninspiring work that |
| set aside yelling clients, irate customers, invoices | | | | you have to do at your job or in your business, |
| and excel sheets. Your creative writing, your | | | | then you will be on your way to writing a book |
| story, is your world, and you have to step | | | | that might enable you to quit your job in the end! |
| outside the working world and enter your | | | | But for now, concentrate on getting it done using |
| imaginary world inside your head, if you are to | | | | the guidance above, because what to do when it |
| continue the story effectively. Yes, there are | | | | is finished is an entirely different subject |
| worries and problems in your business or day job, | | | | altogether. |
| but these can surely be set aside for just one or | | | | |