Failing with Style

Why Failing Is Important

Why We Fail

- Reassess Priorities

- Reassess needs

- Reassess methods (do they match needs and priorities?)

(I have people who drop off my mailing list at various times but sign up again at others, multiple times. Maybe it’s because they’re working on a novel and don’t want to think about short stories. Maybe it’s because their painting or crafting have suddenly demanded to become First Priority. Maybe they feel guilty that they’re not writing as much as they thought they wanted to, but later realise that they miss the community here and want back in. What StoryADay has to offer isn’t meshing with their current priorities, needs and methods. It’s fine.)

What To Do

Set your priorities

Be realistic about what you can do

Set very low minimums (I’m aiming for 100 words a day. On Jan 1 I wrote 128. Jan 2: 216; Jan 3: 321 and every day it got easier)

Assess what has worked and what hasn’t.

View this dispassionately. You’re not a failure. You don’t ALWAYS fail. You’re planning to write for the rest of your life, right? Your methods and needs will naturally change over time. What’s working now? What’s not? Why are you hanging on to old ways? What do you stand to lose if you forgive yourself? What do you stand to gain?

So, what