Like track athletes, your writer's personality of patience and mental muscles encourages a type of writing. Discovering strengths in terms of how long you like to write and the length of writing will often help you decide what to write.
Novelists have marathon muscles. There's a long road ahead to prepare for both physically and mentally to write chapter after chapter.
Essayists and short story writers have shorter jaunts ahead.
Poets have a sprinter's mindset.
In reality, writers of all genres really need a marathoner mentality to write on and on. It might appear like a sprint to the finish or a "poem dash." It takes the writing on and on and on to prepare for the words to arrive when needed.
Creative Write: Take a look at your potential for writing novels, short stories, essays or poetry. Write why or how each appeals. Can you sit for long periods of time and pound away at the keys or avoid writer's cramps when writing with a pen? Do you languish when confronted with word after word? Do you like to get in and get out?
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