Unsolicited writing advice, no. #177: Be realistic in setting your goals. Small, achievable writing goals (eg 300 words a day, rather than 3000: ) are best for keeping you motivated - and remember, even 300 words a day adds up to a first draft within a year... - ThreadSky

joannechocolat.bsky.social • 30 days ago

Unsolicited writing advice, no. #177:
Be realistic in setting your goals. Small, achievable writing goals (eg 300 words a day, rather than 3000: ) are best for keeping you motivated - and remember, even 300 words a day adds up to a first draft within a year...

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jazrignall.bsky.social•30 days ago

Or, if you’re like me, procrastinate and hang about and just work when you’re in the mood rather than forcing something. You’ll eventually get it done. Point being, I agree with this post. Just write. Whether that’s daily or weekly, on a schedule or willy-nilly, just do it! 😃

dawnobrien.bsky.social•30 days ago

Thanks, Jo. I needed that today!

mark-n-drake.bsky.social•30 days ago

Somedays a few thousand words will flow, sometimes I struggle to hit three figures. The thing is to not carried away by the former nor downhearted by the latter!

drewgum.bsky.social•30 days ago

I wrote Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel as a series of sketches about a dishwasher working in a hotel on the Notes app of my phone at my kitchen table before work. I wrote it for fun. And it was published. So there you go.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56041819-seven-nights-at-the-flamingo-hotel

sassiewriter.bsky.social•30 days ago

good advice, as it's easier to achieve and then you feel good about what you have written rather than disappointed

dergullen.bsky.social•30 days ago

Thanks for the reminder. It took me years to realise this, and then to discover that with lower goals I actually achieved more!

carol4olivefarm.bsky.social•30 days ago

Thanks for this, dear Joanne. I never aim for 3,000 a day - couldn't do it, but I do aim for 1,000 and get a bit down when I don't achieve it. 300 = a first draft a year. How many publishers accept that pace these days? I am very slow. You have cheered me this morning. Have a lovely Sunday Cxx

joannechocolat.bsky.social•30 days ago

I aim for a bare minimum of 300, but find that I generally write more. It helps to be under less pressure, I think...

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