Michael Scott Bertrand
That's easy: write.
Think of it as your job, and your writing station as the office you work at. Do you think your boss wants to see you reading yet-another book on writing, or see you watching "Masterclass" when you are supposed to be working? Of course not. She/he wants you to write. You will be judged by how much you write, and how well you write. So stop putting it off, and write.
One way I try to crack the whip on myself (esp. during the early phase of "raw material development") is to "grade" myself each day on how many words I write. I need to write a minimum 750 words a day for a "D", 1500 words for a "C", 2250 for a "B" and 3000 for an "A". I keep a calendar next to my writing desk and give myself a grade at the end of each day. At the end of the working week (5 or 6 days) I average my daily scores, and my goal is a "B" or an "A". That gets me anywhere from 11,000 to 18,000 words in a week, which I think is pretty darn good.
Think of it as your job, and your writing station as the office you work at. Do you think your boss wants to see you reading yet-another book on writing, or see you watching "Masterclass" when you are supposed to be working? Of course not. She/he wants you to write. You will be judged by how much you write, and how well you write. So stop putting it off, and write.
One way I try to crack the whip on myself (esp. during the early phase of "raw material development") is to "grade" myself each day on how many words I write. I need to write a minimum 750 words a day for a "D", 1500 words for a "C", 2250 for a "B" and 3000 for an "A". I keep a calendar next to my writing desk and give myself a grade at the end of each day. At the end of the working week (5 or 6 days) I average my daily scores, and my goal is a "B" or an "A". That gets me anywhere from 11,000 to 18,000 words in a week, which I think is pretty darn good.
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