Exactly why should I quit messing around with doing my regular 9 to 5 job, tending the crops, and working at the food bank.
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This book won’t write itself.
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I am a writer, after all, therefore I write.
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Even at the rate of thirty minutes a day, my stuff keeps getting better.
That’s it. That’s really all there is. Get up earlier. Write at lunch. Write every day. Easy to say, but easier to do with practice.
ps. -Don’t go for “perfect.” That lesson is three or four weeks down the road.
pps. -Do as I say, not as I do.
So I admit that it’s not easy every day. It can be hard work. Some days other things seem more important than writing. But you can start with 300 words a day. Or 500. Or 1000. Or more. But make it happen every day!
I do a lot of my writing on Drive. It is very easy to see your word count, and easy to save and edit. And even download in a different format depending what you want to do with your stuff. It comes with your computer, so the price is right. Some writing/literary programs do carry a price tag and a steeper learning curve. Later I will get into how it dove-tails with a light-weight chromebook.
When you are doing your daily writing, just start off free-style. Write about anything, with no particular order. Just write ’til you hit that magic 300 word mark. After you have done that for a few days, we’ll talk about beginning to shape that mass of words and ideas into a recognizable form, like your pre-schooler would make you a duck out of clay.
The important thing is to commit to writing for a week or a month and don’t quit. The more you write the easier it will get. So today’s assignment is to set a word count goal and make it happen for the next seven days. Just do the free-write, so you will not be restrained in any other way but to do your word goal.
And thanks!
