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I could write every day, but I don't. For one thing, I am retired and I don't need to. I have other things going on in my life and sometimes those are more important.
I never really suffer from writers block, just a lack of desire to write that day. However, when I have decided to bear down and write, one of the easiest ways to get started is to set a goal for a number of words. I use 20 words. As I am writing the 20 words, I almost always find myself adding to those words. Sometimes this results in hundreds more words, sometimes thousands of more words.
I often start by editing the stuff that I recently wrote, but I don't worry about that, because I usually make the work better. I often get started on a work by writing late at night. Gradually, I begin writing sooner and sooner in the day. When I reach the point that I am writing in the morning, I know that I am getting very serious about that work.
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