affirmations for children's writers?

I use a general affirmation, that things are a heck of a lot better than they were two and a half years ago. When I say it, I'm thinking about my writing in general. But it sounds a good idea - affirming when I get a book signing or speaking engagement.

arabellawriting said:

Do any other writers here use affirmations to motivate and inspire themselves in their work?

I like:

"Each time I release a good idea, a new one forms in its place."

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I like the idea of pitching in affirmations - I have two, they are a bit different from yours. One is, every time I do a writing session, I remind myself how great it is that I sat down & wrote something, & two, I use a lot of 'may I's' and 'I cans" 'May I be focused when I write today", "I can finish (writing) a book"

I like yours!

I'm way too cynical to have much patience for affirmations. Mine are more like, "Sit your ass down in that chair and get to work. No chocolate and solitaire until you've written for at least 15 minutes. And I mean it!"

JudScotKev said:

I'm way too cynical to have much patience for affirmations. Mine are more like, "Sit your ass down in that chair and get to work. No chocolate and solitaire until you've written for at least 15 minutes. And I mean it!"

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lol...me too! I definitely don't respond to the warm fuzzy, "I think I can...choo choo" stuff.

Count me in with BIC (butt in chair) and chocolate withdrawals!

And for the space of four hours...

I clipped this from Wikipedia. It might be a little stronger if you read some of the article also. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiavelli

In a letter to Francesco Vettori, he described his exile:

When evening comes, I return home [from work and from the local tavern] and go to my study. On the threshold, I strip naked, taking off my muddy, sweaty work day clothes, and put on the robes of court and palace, and, in this graver dress, I enter the courts of the ancients, and am welcomed by them, and there I taste the food that alone is mine, and for which I was born. And there I make bold to speak to them and ask the motives of their actions, and they, in their humanity, reply to me. And for the space of four hours I forget the world, remember no vexation, fear poverty no more, tremble no more at death; I pass indeed into their world. [5]