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| Rayancaleb | Jan 6 2018, 09:27:29 AM Post #1 |
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Hello Whenever I read the rules published authors have for writing, or books on creative writing themselves, they all have the same, core, single rule: write. Sure, most have many others in common (read widely being the most common) but 'write' is the one which rings through each and every one. I had that hammered through to me when I recently read Stephen King's On Writing (incidentally the best creative writing book I've read and I recommend it for any and everyone) and took his challenge to set myself a daily goal for writing, which I hadn’t realised I'd been mentally avoiding. Before that I'd always said: 'ok, between 6 and 7am is my writing time, I'll do as much as I can then, then on my lunch break also, and then between 8 and 9 pm. As much as I can, oh yeah, this is it, fame and fortune await!' And to be fair, I'd do quite a bit. I have more than a few short stories shopping their way around various publications and competitions (someone's gotta cave at some point, it's the law of averages if nothing else) and don’t two halves of two novels. But, if I was brutally honest, I wasn't nearly as productive as I could have been. So, I took King's advice. he said his limit is 2,000 a day, most authors he knows do 1,000 and a full time working person could manage around 500. So, being a father of a young boy with a full time job and a nose for a challenge I set my goal at 1,000 words a day, with 1,000 over the weekend. That's all. 1,000 measly words. And I don't get to go to bed until they're down. And you know what.... it really isn't that hard. And in the three weeks I've been doing it I've seen my novel jump 18,000 words. Or, in other terms, around 20% of a first draft. Now, I'll be the first to admit the words that actually make it down onto the screen aren't Dicken's material, but the point is; they're there. It's much easier to edit bad words than wait for the perfect ones to turn up first time. So, anyone else with me on this? Writing begets writing, am I right? Any advice appreciated. Please Help. Thanks ! I didn't find the right solution from the internet. References: https://www.dailywritingtips.com/forum/showthread.php?616-Writing-every-day 3D Product Design Animation |
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