Since starting to write last January, this has been my biggest challenge. There are so many reasons not to write in a day, excuses leap to the tip of my tongue. Some days it's to spend time with the family, or because I had yard work, or felt too tired. Maybe the house was too noisy, or I had to take a phone call. Perhaps I blamed it on the easy target, the so-called "writer's block."
Such excuses and their endless siblings may have validity but the block honest habits from forming. There may be a day when writing won't or shouldn't happen at all, or must be cut short. As a new writer I feel that such excuses crop up all too frequently. Yet Stephen King wrote that fantasy writers should aim for 1,000 words a day, six days a week. So, I have to start making a habit from writing and I'm looking for the best way to do it. One tip I picked up was to end each writing session in the middle of the action, making sure no following session starts with a blank mind. Another idea is to figure out which part of the day (you need to do some experimenting here) your mind works best in and set aside some time then to write. Also, having a notebook (paper or electronic) handy for ideas will help when you sit down to write at length. A journal can even create the impetus to write each day, and lengthier projects can go from there.
My idea so far is keeping up a regular blog (I have two). I haven't written each day but I'm getting better. What ideas does anyone else have to help them write regularly?
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