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Author: Jane Beckenham

Article source: http://www.romanceeverafter.com/. Used with author's permission.

So you want something. What are you going to do about it?

TWO MEN WALKED THROUGH PRISON BARS, ONE SAW MUD, THE OTHER SAW STARS.

WHAT DO YOU SEE?

Negativity. A can't do attitude. It's impossible.

Or do you see hope, a future a possibility. You see you've got to find your PASSION. Passion comes in many forms in our lives. I'm not talking here though about the love we have for family, or our partners, I mean the passion for something, a goal, an achievement you're striving for.

Most of my ..(cough cough) years I've been disabled. Not big time, but if you walked past me in the street, I'd know you. You see, you'd be one of the hundreds of people who look me in the eye an then at my feet. By the age of 20 I'd had 8 surgeries - enough to last a lifetime, but I determined it wasn't going to hold me back. No way. You see I had a PASSION to see the world. And I did - backpacking my way around, hitchhiking (don't tell my teenagers!). But I did it and all on my own too boot. You see - passion burned deep and from the age of about 16 I planned and plotted that when I was 20, that was it, I was off and despite just coming out of hospital from surgery number 8 weeks earlier, I took off from these shores to experience my 1st PASSION. Travel.

Commitment, determination, and damned hard work saw me learn to walk again a couple of years ago after another couple of failed surgeries. But I was determined to beat the wheel chair that chased me from the rear. You see I had a PASSION to walk.

Other passions come along, some die off, but others last a lifetime. So you have to dig deep and find a passion, something that can inspire you to keep going, even when it's tough. And life as an author is damned hard work - aint that the truth.

Passion no. 2 came along after about 13 years of marriage. I wanted to be a mother. Didn't happen the usual way, so we decided to adopt from overseas. That ladies and gents requires major stick-ability and passion for the cause. Because, like writing, it is so hard and takes soooo long - (just like getting published!). But perseverance and PASSION pays off and despite a hiccup along the way which instigated an extra eleven months wait, that passion came to fruition and we became parents. So passion number 2 achieved.

So what do you do if the writing bug becomes your PASSION? You show determination, perseverance, commitment, action, resilience, and PASSION, that's what. Because like the advertisement says. It doesn't happen over night, but it will happen. You have to believe it. Dream it. Feel it. Inspire yourself as Anna Jacobs said at our recent conference.

One of the things I did when I had that awful long wait for my darlings was every night I would say good night to them although they were thirteen thousand miles away, and say good morning as soon as I got up. You see I believed it. I dreamt it. I had passion and commitment that despite the odds, and believe you me, they are absolutely gut wrenching, I believed it would be - one day. And it was!

So here you are on this writing journey, you've got a stack full of rejection slips in the drawer, heart and soul destroying rejections, ones that make you take to your bed in the afternoon with rum and coke in hand and wallowing in self-pity.

But stop. Self-pity isn't too bad. It's actually quite cleansing, because if you're committed, if you're strong and determined and prepared to dream big, to believe it, you'll be back at the computer a few hours later working on a plan of what to do to achieve that dream. You see you have PASSION and no number of set backs, no amount of self-doubt that claws at your conscience in the wee small hours will set you off this path.

That rejection and the wallowing in pity happened to me recently. How did I come out of it? I planned that's what. I worked out a plan of action. Where was I on this writing journey? What did I know and not know? How could I learn it? I worked out a plan of attack. A career plan if you like. It's on my white board next to my computer, reminding me every day, just as the tiny photos I had of two little girls a world away that I knew would be my daughters one day.

You see you've got to have something to strive for. Something so intrinsically ingrained in you, even though often you might not know it at the time, but it's there nevertheless and when you do find it, it turns your life upside down

Stop. Right now. Grab paper and pen. Now write five things you're passionate about.

Here's my effort.

1. To be a good mother

2. To write a damn good book I'm proud of

3. To continue learning my craft

4. To increase my profile and marketing

5. To be happy.

Now next to them write exactly how you're going to achieve those things. For example - be a good mother - I could say - don't scream at the kids, be patient. But what I want you to do is write it in detail how you're going to achieve it. Make it real. Make it believable. Make it doable.

So my list could look like this

To be a good mother Spend one on one time with each child To write a damn good book I'm proud of - Write every day. To continue learning my craft - Analyse books I love To increase my profile and marketing - Spend time on my web site and writing articles each week. To be happy. - Relax. Smile. Live and Love every day

However, my list above is a bit brief (limited space and all that). What you could/should do is make it detailed. Really write down how you will achieve that goal. Break it down into small bits, give it a date you want to finish the book, finish the research, take a course, enter a competition. Write it down, believe it and it will happen. Ignore it however, think one day, maybe, sometime etc etc (read major excuses here, not focussed and not task specific), and it won't happen.

So go out there and find your PASSION. Work it. Believe it. Because dreams can come true.