High five, writers! It’s time to celebrate your work!
Celebrating our accomplishments as writers isn’t just fun, it’s vital.
Celebrating Accomplishments as Writers
Writing can often be a solitary and critique filled journey.
It doesn’t always lend itself to praise from others, we do crazy things like specifically ask others to criticize our work, and it is largely self-motivated which means we’re responsible for our own positive feedback.
This can be hard at times! It can be hard to remember why we’re working so hard when the rewards are so few. It can be tricky to stay motivated and remember why we started.
We aren’t always good at praising ourselves. But it’s important! Cultivating an attitude of joy and grace and remembering the passion and excitement we have for our writing is needed so we don’t burn out and give up.
And really, we deserve recognition (even if just from ourselves) for our work.
High Five to You!
Whether you wrote a 50,000 word draft of a novel this past month (go Nanowrimo writers, go!!!) or simply managed to sit down and write a few pages- GO YOU.
Look at you, creating things out of nothing.
Look at you, dreaming big dreams.
It is a magical and impossible thing we set out to do when we write stories. And every step along the journey deserves to be celebrated.
Here are some partying pineapples to help you celebrate!
Here’s a balloon for you.
And this dog is giving you a high five.
You’re doing wonderful work, dear writer! So pour yourself a cup of something fancy and take a moment to appreciate yourself.
Whatever your writing journey looks like today, I believe in you. Keep strong and have fun!
You’re brave and wonderful and doing great work.
High five to you!
Feel free to share any of your recent accomplishments in the comments below so we can celebrate with you!!
