Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Writing Every Day

One of my New Years Resolutions was to write every day. No matter what. It didn't have to be a lot -- it could just be a few sentences. Just something to keep myself always moving forward.

I've done it every day this month. Some days it was just a couple sentences at the end of a very busy day, some days it was a couple hundred words. It is hard. There are some days when I want nothing more than to close the stupid document and never look at my own words again. But I force myself to type at least a couple words.

Sure, some days it feels like pulling teeth. But some days, even when it felt like the last thing I wanted was to write, I ended up getting on a roll and writing 2,000 words. If I had been easier on myself and let myself skip a day, those words might never have been written at all.

They aren't all perfect words. But they're words all the same, building the manuscript brick by brick.

3 comments:

  1. Good for you! Sometimes just by forcing yourself to write a few words, you find yourself wanting to do some more.

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  2. Go you! That's been my resolution, too. It feels amazing to get words on a page. Good luck the rest of the year. :D

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  3. Way to go! That's a great goal. One that I should set myself...maybe :) Keep it up and you'll have a finished MS in no time!

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