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Originally Posted by jaxx6166
How do you do it, anyway? =P
I'd kill for your completion rate. Finishing Nano was a struggle with reality. I'd sit down and then the world would end.
I tried to devote my four days off to putting words on paper. Then reality set in. Kitty litter needed changing, girlfriend needed hugs, bills needed paying....bah!!!!
At best I would complete one book a year. Or three short stories in a good six months.
Right now, I should be writing, but I'm distracting myself with forum posting.  |
15 minute timed sessions, that's how
Get a timer. Set it for 15 minutes. Then write. Don't stop writing until the timer goes off.
You're not allowed to think, only write. You can't do anything else but type.
I get anywhere from 1k to 1.5k unedited words out of those sessions. I grab anywhere from 1 - 20 sessions a day, depending on how busy I am. I write mon-fri, and I edit sat/sun (I never write on a Sunday).
I used to do 3-4 hours on a night, and then i realised I was only actually writing for about 40 minutes out of that, the rest was spent twiddling my thumbs, and a lot of it wasn't any good. The faster I write, the better I think, the more honest the words are.