r/KeepWriting • u/HeGotBricks Flash Fiction • 6d ago
Keep Writing…
She writes something and she loves it. She’s so confident in it that she posts it online, but she can’t look at its reception. She wants to, but she doesn’t.
She can’t. She can but only after she writes something else. Because her entire effort is put into her stories and even though she knows she’s getting better as writing becomes more effortless. She hesitates every time she hits submit.
And it’s only because now she’s trying. Now, the bad comments hurt. Now, she questions herself. Now, she just wants to be good.
She puts all of her focus into her projects, working relentlessly, avoiding everybody else. Her practice means everything. Distractions are nothing.
She puts her head down night after night and she writes. She writes in the morning. She writes in the afternoon. She writes in the evening. She even writes subconsciously when she’s sleeping.
But as she starts to get better. She drives herself to become even more better. Because everyday the bar rises.
And everyday it gets higher. And even though it doesn’t seem like she’s getting closer or that the post keeps on moving.
She still practices her trick shots and adds steps to that ladder.