I spent 5 hrs straight at the coffeeshop today going through my galley proofs of Ancient Whispers and made it through half of the book, 150 pages. Not bad at all for one day.
Later, it occured to me that if I was to spent just 3 hrs a day, everyday writing or editing, I would be able to write, edit and revise 2 books a year. Is this the key to success? That constant discipline?
That how I did fitness, training daily. Of course, I have all my “life” obligation on top of that to fulfill but really 3 hrs. Some people easily watch that much TV a day. Two hours in the morning, one during the day or night. Is that possible? Shall I give it a shot?
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I spent hours at Starbucks or the library working on my revisions (I had a week and a half to get them done). Like you, I wondered how much I could get done if I worked that hard every day.
February 23rd, 2010
I know. It is amazing what we can actually accomplish sometimes when we get down to it.
I took both 10 days and 3 months to revise the same amount. I had a deadline for the first!
We need to make our own deadline I suppose.
February 23rd, 2010
Deadlines are tricky beasts. Self-imposed deadlines never seem as serious as externally motivated deadlines. Finding that sense of self-discipline can be very hard. Lord knows I struggle with it daily!
February 25th, 2010
I find that if I give myself insentives at first, like a new song download for each scene, eventually I don’t need it anymore and the reward is the accomplisment. But it takes a while to get to that stage!
February 25th, 2010
People always ask “How do you write a book?” When you say, “A page at a time,” they look at you like you’re crazy. The math is pretty simple. If you write two pages a day, that’s two books a year.
March 5th, 2010
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