Procrastination can benefit your book

 

Maybe procrastination isn't the best word for it, I admit it does sound a bit discouraging. What I mean by procrastination benefiting your book is taking time away from your book to improve your writing. I often find myself staring at my computer screen and not being able to write anything, I end up just sitting in my chair thinking about writing but not actually doing it. I've also found that being away from my book, computer, notebook and anything else that might allow me to write down my ideas helps me to create a story. Trying really hard to write your book and create something worth reading makes my work harder to do. Daydreaming and dreaming in general gives life to your story. You put yourself in the story and write it through images in your mind and emotions rather than just words. Living in your story will give it flare when you finally go back to writing it, so maybe it isn't best to think of it as procrastination. I only say procrastination because you're not writing, not because you're doing something that's harming your work ethic. You can think of it as a break. Sitting around and technically doing nothing can actually do a whole lot more for your book than forcing yourself to write can. Pushing the words out rather than letting them flow takes life out of your story. All of this just goes back to me saying that you have to be in love with your story and know your characters like you've met them in the real world, as you've been friends for years. Sometimes it can be so hard to write a novel or short story when you're pushing yourself too much. It can be the absolute best thing for your book to just leave it alone for a few days, maybe a week or two and live with your story. Maybe you already knew this, I'm sure if you're a writer yourself you've most likely figured this out through your own trial and error. I just wanted to reassure anybody who was feeling discouraged about their projects and let you know that procrastinating doesn't have to be a bad thing.