When New Year comes around it’s always a good opportunity to renew your writing resolutions. However we all know how hard they are to keep. With the best intentions we may set our goals too high then give up too quickly when we find they are hard to keep. It is better to set a modest goal like writing for ten minutes a day than promising to write 3000 words a day, seven days a week. 500 words a day is always my target. I know once I start I will always do more and I have the satisfaction of achieving it easily. Of course you have to remember to give your self days off and pace yourself so you don’t expend all your energy in your first burst then have nothing left. Making writing part of your daily rituals like cleaning your teeth is good. Sit down with your morning tea or coffee and write for five or ten minutes. Write in dot points if you have too then make an appointment with yourself to write them up later in the day. The Write When You Can method is good for busy people with unpredictable schedules but requires a commitment to use any spare moment for your writing.

You also need to make sure to have some solid time blocks pencilled on the weekends for consolidating your weekly snippets. If weekdays are a complete wipe out you can always set aside time on the weekends. If you need some extra guidance I’m pleased to announce the revised edition of the  WRITE YOUR BOOK ON A WEEKEND Workbook is now available as an E book. If you follow the WOW plan in three to six months you could have your draft finished! Get your copy now at the Writers Journey Shop.

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