Struggling To Build Grit & Tenacity As A Burgeoning Writer?

Do this every time your creative journey runs out of jet fuel.

Jane Anne
Thought Thinkers
Published in
4 min readJul 24, 2023

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July is packed and set to leave us in a couple of days and 2023 is already at its half mine run. Do you believe you’ve still got what it takes to power through the rest of the year, or are you ready to ditch and run?

Also, ask yourself. How long will you keep running?

To power through the rest of the year, race through every meter, and keep building your writing career while wrestling with the gut-wrenching feeling of giving up, you need to build grit and tenacity.

Why?

Because your writing journey is not a sprint or a relay race, it’s a marathon.

Intrinsic courage and core strength are the only two things that’ll help you charge through the deafening thoughts of defeat in your head when you’re packed and set to cut out for good.

How do you build grit and tenacity as a burgeoning writer?

It’s simple.

Every time your journey runs out of jet fuel and your lungs are burning out from the disappointments, rejections, failures, trials, near-success experiences, stagnation, doubts, fears, judgments, and…

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Jane Anne
Thought Thinkers

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