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Write 1,000 Words a Day, No Matter What

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They say that it takes 21 days to form a habit.  Therefore, one of my top-five goals for the month of August is to write 1,000 words a day.  This number includes daily blogs, journal entries, and fictional book.  It doesn’t matter what is going on that day, I write.  Even if I feel like writer’s block is not allowing me to get any words on the paper (yes, I am old school), I go exercise or find a writing prompt. 

Before, I wrote, but it was sporadic.  If something happened that took my interest, I didn’t write anything that day.  Now that I am writing this book, part of different blogging teams, and are getting more technical/proposal writing work, I have to be very structured and consistent on my writing approach.  Next month, I am going to up it to 1,500 words a day, and I know that I can do it. 

It’s already been 18 days, and now I feel weird if I don’t write.  I only have three more days for it to be a daily habit, but I already feel like I have gotten there.

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Write 1,000 Words a Day, No Matter What
Written by: Shevonne on August 18, 2009.
Last revised by: Shevonne on December 28, 2009.

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  • http://www.durosia.com/ Kier

    If you do well in August, you may want to consider National Novel Writing Month in November. Always a good challenge. (Though I've found that November is very much not a good time for me to try to crank out 50K words in a month…)

    More info over at http://www.nanowrimo.org

    :)

  • http://www.dcfemella.com/blog dcfemella

    Thanks for reminding me about National Novel Writing Month. I always forget what month it's in. November is great because it's getting cold and there is not much to do except eat like a maniac at Thanksgiving. =D

  • jamesbent

    Totally agree with your article – especially that it’s weird if you don’t write!!

    I wrote a novel at the start of the year (Jan – start of March), then edited it for seven months, and only just got back into writing at the start of Nov.  I started a blog of offbeat fiction shorts (1,000 word min.) each day: http:jamesbent.com/blog and every day it seems like I get closer to 2,000 words a post, as well as writing two posts a day sometimes!  

    Funny how 1,000 words can link people – it seems to arbitrary, but it’s a great goal.

  • Shevonne Polastre

    James, your blog is a great way to never stop writing.  I am looking at it now.  My problem now is not knowing how to stop writing.  =-X

  • Shevonne Polastre

    James, your blog is a great way to never stop writing.  I am looking at it now.  My problem now is not knowing how to stop writing.  <img style=”padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;” src=”http://js-kit.com/extra/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-sealed.gif” title=”Sealed” border=”0″ alt=”Sealed”/>