Motivation is what puts a tear in your eye. Dedication Dedication comes from deep within. It is the seriousness that we bring to our craft. For certain, the most prolific writers are dedicated, even to points beyond obsession. Some novelists go into seclusion merely to write their initial drafts, whereas others live in total seclusion as they write and rewrite their works.
Dedication is almost always a prerequisite to success.
John Keats, despite his great love for Fanny Brawne, apparently felt that he couldn't write while in proximity to her. Thus, he spent the summer of 1819 without his love on the Isle of Wight. Robert Frost moved from his home in New Hampshire to England. Years ago, Leonard Cohen was writing and rewriting five hours a day. Please excuse me while I do some thanking of my own.