If writing time continues to get crowded out by other demands, then ask God if this is the right season for you, or if you need to take a writing break.
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Don’t Sacrifice the Gift
When I was in high school, my brother ran cross-country on our high school track team in Florida. On the opposite side of the country, one of the most incredible runners of all time, Steve Prefontaine, was breaking all track records while running track for the University of Oregon.
Under the ground breaking coaching of Bill Bowerman (founder of Nike), Steve ignored personal pain and agony in order to get faster. When asked why he would put his body through such brutality, Steve answered, “To do less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”
Though Bill Bowerman went on cobbling shoes for his runner and later founded Nike, on May 30, 1975, Steve “Pre” Prefontaine was tragically killed in a car accident. But one thing’s for sure, he left it all out on the track. There was not a race inside him that day he’d left unraced. Not an ounce of running energy left unexpended.
You have a gift as well.
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Finding Balance in Writing & Life: Lessons in Waiting
Believe it or not, though, but there is joy in the waiting. Unfortunately many of us can’t see it while we’re going through that season, but hindsight shows us the blessings.
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Ten Things I Learned On My Writers Retreat
I had to escape. Get away.
For some reason my WIP just wasn’t coming together. And I am four weeks from deadline.
I had to start over… again.
Now I have a great office at home but between the internet, my husband and dog, and just all those little homey interruptions, I decided to break away.
I rented a room up at Teen Missions in Merritt Island.
I packed up, drove 40 minutes up the road and spent three days writing like crazy!
Here’s a few things I learned for making the most of your personal writing retreat.
1. Go some place near by. Traveling is emotional and physically draining. The closer your retreat to your home, the better. Make the retreat short rather than long. I left on a Tuesday morning and was plenty ready to return home by Friday noon.
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