Amen! Testify brother!

> The Fifteen Commandments
>
> I. Thou shalt think like a professional starting now.
> II. Thou shalt begin and keep going till you're through.
> III. Thou shalt take your efforts and desires seriously.
> IV. Thou shalt call it work.
> V. Thou shalt write for yourself, not the market.
> VI. Thou shalt not wait for visits from the muse.
> VII. Thou shalt not ask whether you are good enough.
> VIII. Thou shalt not intimidate yourself by comparing your writing
> with a
> published and polished work.
> IX. Thou shalt not worry whether your idea is new enough.
> X. Thou shalt not talk your idea away.
> XI. Thou shalt not self-censor at all during the first draft.
> XII. Thou shalt not risk writer's paralysis by looking for the
> precise word
> or being afraid of sounding dumb.
> XIII. Thou shalt not believe that if writing's hard, you must be no
> good.XIV. Thou shalt not set yourself up for failure with
> impossible goals.
> XV. Thou shalt not believe in writer's block.