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always hungered for, read on. This is how I do it, and how you can do it, too.


Holly Lisle




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MUGGING THE MUSE: WRITING FICTION FOR LOVE AND MONEY




Introduction тАУ Everyday Courage and the Writer


You want to write. You want to be a writer. But somewhere along the way, youтАЩve
run into an obstacle that you havenтАЩt been able to get past. Maybe that obstacle is
lack of time. Maybe itтАЩs lack of support. Maybe you arenтАЩt sure how to go about
plotting a novel, or how writers come up with story ideas that sell. Or maybe youтАЩre
just afraid to try, because you donтАЩt want to look foolish in front of strangers, or you
donтАЩt want to fail, or you fear that you might not be good enough. IтАЩve written this
book to show you ways to beat the obstacles that are holding you back, and to give
you the courage to try.
You need courage to be a writer тАУ a special kind of courage.

My definition of courage is nothing more than taking one step more than you think
you can. It has nothing to do with feeling or not feeling fear, with doing great deeds
(though sometimes courage accomplishes great deeds), or with conquering life-and-
death situations (though in such situations it is certainly helpful.)

Courage is a form of tenaciousness, a refusal to quit when you want to quit because
you're tired or humiliated or broken, and it is as necessary in everyday life as it is in
moments of great upheaval. In fact, I could easily say that everyday courage is more
important than the 'great deeds' sort, because every one of us will be in everyday
situations, while not all of us will be called upon in our lifetimes to perform great
deeds.
Courage is as essential to the writer as oxygen, no more and no less. The writer who
lacks courage will never succeed.


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And you're saying, тАЬThat's silly. A writer sits at a desk and types all day. WhereтАЩs
the risk? I can't think of a safer sort of work.тАЭ