Ditch the Writing Schedule: Finish Your Book with Flow, Not Force

When you think of real writers, do you get this image? She gets up at the crack of dawn. She grabs a large mug of Caramel Macchiato from her Keurig machine. Then she sits down to channel her ideas in 90-minute Pomodoro sprints. All this before the rest of the house stirs.

Do you believe that if you don’t write every day or reach 1,000 words before breakfast, you aren’t disciplined enough to be called an author?

Let’s call that what it is: Calendar cosplay. A costume of productivity worn by peopl...