Chapter 33 be tough on yourself

Friends thought David was talented, but wondered why he couldn't support himself by writing. David believes that he must have inspiration before he can start writing, and a writer can only write good works when he feels energetic and creative. In order to write good work, he felt he had to wait for the mood to set in before he sat down at the typewriter and started writing.If he feels low on a day, it means he can't write that day. It goes without saying that there are not many opportunities to have these ideal conditions, so it is difficult for David to feel that much good mood enables him to achieve anything, and it is difficult to feel the desire and inspiration to create.This made his mood more depressed, and it was more difficult for him to have a good mood, so it became even more difficult for him to write.

Usually, whenever David wanted to write, his mind went blank.The situation frightened him.So, instead of staring at the blank page, he simply walked away from the typewriter.He went to do some gardening, forgot about writing, and immediately felt better.He also used other methods to get out of this state of mind, such as cleaning the toilet, or going to shave. But for David, shaving in the bathroom or planting roses in the garden does not help to write on a blank sheet of paper. Later, David borrowed from the National Book Award winner Joyce.Oz experience. Ozzy's experience is: you can't be soft-hearted about emotions.In a certain sense, writing itself can also generate emotions.Sometimes I feel so exhausted and drained that I can't last five minutes; but I still force myself to keep writing, and before I know it, the situation changes completely in the middle of it.

David realized that in order to get a job done, you have to be where you can get it done.To write, one had to sit down at a typewriter. After calm thinking, David decided to take action immediately.He made a plan, and his alarm clock for getting up was set at half past seven every morning.At eight o'clock he could sit at his typewriter. His job was to sit there until he got something on paper.If you can't write it, even if you sit for a whole day, you won't hesitate.He also set a reward and punishment method: he can only eat breakfast after typing a page in the morning. On the first day, David was so worried that he didn't finish typing a page until two o'clock in the afternoon.

On the second day, David made great progress.In less than two hours sitting in front of the typewriter, he finished typing a page and had an early breakfast. On the third day, he quickly finished typing a page, and then he typed five pages in a row before he remembered to eat breakfast.His work was finally born.He learned to face tough work just by sitting down and doing it. ★Life is delicious★ It is not that most people have no motivation to make progress, but these thoughts are easily suppressed by their own laziness, and as a result, they cannot control themselves, and the urge to work hard is stillborn.If you want to change this situation, you have to be tough on yourself, set unreasonable rules, and force yourself to persevere. Only in this way can the victor be stronger.