If you have been part of my mentoring group for a while, you know I am always offering tips on how to write every day. I have encouraged writers who I have been working with for two decades now to try to write every day.
However, something always seems to get in the way, doesn’t it? Why is this? Well, there are a lot of reasons this is the case, but I have come to believe over the years that it’s because we didn’t make the time to write every day.
Let’s face it, there are so many things that impede our writing. And there is always more to do. Days, weeks, and even months may go by with no consistent writing time. This can really hamper your productivity, and your self-confidence in your writing.
This is because when you want to write and don’t, it starts grating on who you truly are, which is a writer. And if you deny who you are for long enough, you really start feeling like you are not worthy of your writing time, which is downright wrong.
So, here are a few proven ways (tips that you have learned over the years from me) that help even the busiest writers make time for writing every day.
It seems like there’s merely a semantic difference between trying to write every day and making time to write every day, but that this is far from the case. The latter is an intentional act of clearing your schedule and some of the unnecessary stuff that you do every day so that you can write daily.
For instance, are you doing things that are unnecessary and that you can cut? Do you clean the house a lot? Perhaps cleaning once a week suffices? Or do you do busy work, such as tidy up endlessly? If you do, perhaps set times at the end of the day, once or twice a week, to do such extraneous activities so that you can find space to write.
So, today, try to examine your life and look for spaces in your day when you can fit in, even for 20 minutes of writing. With a specific goal in place, you can get a lot of writing done over time.
Try it!
Irene Roth
However, something always seems to get in the way, doesn’t it? Why is this? Well, there are a lot of reasons this is the case, but I have come to believe over the years that it’s because we didn’t make the time to write every day.
Let’s face it, there are so many things that impede our writing. And there is always more to do. Days, weeks, and even months may go by with no consistent writing time. This can really hamper your productivity, and your self-confidence in your writing.
This is because when you want to write and don’t, it starts grating on who you truly are, which is a writer. And if you deny who you are for long enough, you really start feeling like you are not worthy of your writing time, which is downright wrong.
So, here are a few proven ways (tips that you have learned over the years from me) that help even the busiest writers make time for writing every day.
- Set an intention to write for at least 20 minutes a day.
- Decide when you are most likely to carve out times to write.
- Decide precisely what you will try to accomplish the next day so that you’re not fumbling, trying to decide what to complete when you come into your writing session, wasting time and energy.
- Don’t take your cell phone in with you to your writing session.
It seems like there’s merely a semantic difference between trying to write every day and making time to write every day, but that this is far from the case. The latter is an intentional act of clearing your schedule and some of the unnecessary stuff that you do every day so that you can write daily.
For instance, are you doing things that are unnecessary and that you can cut? Do you clean the house a lot? Perhaps cleaning once a week suffices? Or do you do busy work, such as tidy up endlessly? If you do, perhaps set times at the end of the day, once or twice a week, to do such extraneous activities so that you can find space to write.
So, today, try to examine your life and look for spaces in your day when you can fit in, even for 20 minutes of writing. With a specific goal in place, you can get a lot of writing done over time.
Try it!
Irene Roth
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