Why Join a Writer's Group? 'Cause I Want to Finish

Let me first start off by saying that the amount of files in my computer and flash drives labeled with some sort of ‘story’ or ‘novel*x*’ is a bit on the insane.  What’s worse: I don’t label them with any sort of distinguishing title.  I have no idea what these stories were or are about and why I didn’t finish them until I click them open and begin to read.  Some of them I have no idea why I stopped, others, I see right away.  I hit a block, a complicated, boring, or slow part of the story that just doesn’t work and the story ends.  It happens every time.

I’ve only finished one story to date and that was because it was a Nano story and I wrote it as a Christmas gift to my grandmother.  It isn’t her kind of story per se, but she has always dutifully read my work and demanded more, which, in turn, has kept me writing.  Even if it is just my grandmother.  But see the problem here?  I finished ONE.  And only gave it to my grandmother.  Yet, here I have, a computer full of stories and potential words to explore but no push to complete.

I think by now you can guess why I joined this group and thought it was a fantastic idea after visiting ConTroll 2014.  I want to finish a book.  I’ve always wanted to actually finish a book and by holding myself accountable to a small group of people, I can do that.  My inner self will always push to finish a chapter or assignment out of respect for my fellow writers and I hope they will do the same.  Therefore, by pushing myself to meet my deadlines, I will finish a book…and right now, this story that I’m working on?  I’ve been laying the ground work for a year and it’s time.

Is it easy to have a writer’s group?  Does it require work, even when you are good friends?  Hell yes!  That, my friends, is the beauty of it.  You work hard and you work hard with other artists and in the end, hopefully produce work that you are extremely proud of.  Isn’t that what we have always wanted to do?




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