"It’s easy to convince yourself you’ve earned a break from writing, especially when you come..."

“It’s easy to convince yourself you’ve earned a break from writing, especially when you come back home after a long day and there’s something good on TV. My advice is to embarrass yourself into writing. Announce your goal to the world, both on social media and to your friends and family. You should also promise to update them on your progress as you go, so they know if you skip a day or fail to meet your target. It’s rather like running a marathon. You can’t say you’re going to do it and then chicken out, right?”

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Taran Matharu is a New York Times bestselling author. He was born in London in 1990 and began his first book at 9 years old. Taran wrote his bestselling Summoner series during NaNoWriMo in November 2013, at the age of 22. The book reached over 3 million reads on Wattpad.com in less than six months, and has since been translated into 15 languages around the world.

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