How do you keep moving forward as a writer?

It’s a question I’ve said, and heard, as often as the sunset. What plagues many writers is the dire scenario of being static, progression in limbo, sorely hoping to achieve another milestone to hang on the mental mantle.

But we don’t always get graced with the Muse’s inspirations that will soon carry us to the next step of success. Rather, we wonder what improving as a writer may mean —…