How to be a Good Writer with a Good Life
The WRITER Framework
A friend told me the other day that she’s not like me. She can’t do all the things the way I do. And I was a little dumbfounded.
I can’t do all the things. Oh, my god. Are you crazy? I’m a straight up disaster.
I’m a classic scatterbrain, prone to never finishing anything that I start. I’m addicted to ideas, but the middle part (where all those things actually get done) escapes me. I’m highly-creative, messy, disorganized, with a high tolerance for never finishing a damn thing.
My friend is kind of right, though. I get a lot done. But it’s not because I’m some kind of natural at it. It’s because I had a massive gap between what I wanted and what I had and if I wanted to close that gap, I had to figure out a way to work with my tendencies to give myself a chance of finishing the things I start.
One of those systems — the one at the heart of everything — is one that I started calling the WRITER Framework when I wanted to teach it to other people and decided it needed a clever name.
I have the WRITER Framework on my mind because winters are hard for me. I really struggle with them. The short days, cold weather, and gray skies lead to some seasonal blues and make me want to hibernate.
