Training Exercise #21: The Five-Minute Miracle

O my little Robins! I have a special Treat for you today!

So many Agents are Frustrated, Afraid, Struggling, Overwhelmed. You are Daunted by the Vastness of the Task before you; you Doubt your ability to do it Well; you are Busy with the Multitude of Interests and Responsibilities that make up your Life; You are Swamped by the Demands and Expectations of Others; you simply don’t Want to.

But I promise you, my Darlings: if you have the Time and the Courage and the Freedom to read these Words, you have Everything you need to create Miracles in your Writing. The task I propose for you is no more Difficult than reading this Post.

It is a Tiny task; yet undertaken Faithfully, will change Everything for you, in mere Moments.

Are you Ready, my brave little Rosebuds?

It is simply this: Write for the next Five Minutes, and then Stop.

You don’t have Time to write? It is only Five Minutes; I know you can find the time.

You have Other demands upon you? It is only Five Minutes; I know you can put off your other Responsibilities for that long. Steal Five Minutes while the Baby slumbers or the Stew stews.

You can’t Bear to be Awful? It is only Five Minutes; I know you can Survive engaging with what you see as your Flaws for that long.

You can’t see the Point? Ah, my little Cranberry, Writing is nothing more than a series of Five-Minute Miracles, one after the other. You do not need to Build the entire Road today; just lay the first Cobble-stone.

It is too Easy to be Consumed by Despair, to be Caught up in our Fears and Excuses, to forget how to Perform the Task at hand. It is too easy to believe it is Impossible.

The Five-Minute Miracle reminds you that Writing is simple, and all you Must do is Simply Write. Set aside all the Reasons you Don’t write for a moment, and Write. Once you are Finished, you may Return to your Doubts and Fears and Impossibilities.

Subsiste sermonem statim et scribe.

Report below when you have Completed today’s Mission.