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B is for Being Consistent #atozchallenge
Apr. 2nd, 2013 09:06 pmToday's writing tip is about being consistent in what you do.
One of the biggest things I see in people who are struggling with their writing is that they don't work on it consistently. They might write a bit when they feel that inspiration hit, but then three weeks go by and they still 'mean' to get back to it any time.
Say you wrote 2000 words on that big day when inspiration struck, but that was the only day in a month that you wrote. You'd have 2000 words for the month. But say you only wrote 100 words a day, but wrote them every day. By the end of a month, you'd have 3000 words. By the end of a year, you'd have 36,500 words. Not NaNoWriMo, but better than a lot of people manage.
And most days, you'd write more than 100 words.
So try to write something every day, and to do it consistently. You'll be amazed by how much you'll accomplish.
One of the biggest things I see in people who are struggling with their writing is that they don't work on it consistently. They might write a bit when they feel that inspiration hit, but then three weeks go by and they still 'mean' to get back to it any time.
Say you wrote 2000 words on that big day when inspiration struck, but that was the only day in a month that you wrote. You'd have 2000 words for the month. But say you only wrote 100 words a day, but wrote them every day. By the end of a month, you'd have 3000 words. By the end of a year, you'd have 36,500 words. Not NaNoWriMo, but better than a lot of people manage.
And most days, you'd write more than 100 words.
So try to write something every day, and to do it consistently. You'll be amazed by how much you'll accomplish.
