“ ‘Write every day.’
Should you? Sure. Can you? Maybe. Do you have to, to qualify as a “real” writer? Absolutely not. Obviously this isn’t the type of advice that can be completely turned 180 degrees, since that would be “write no days”, and that makes it awfully difficult to get anything done. But as writers with lots of other time commitments — day jobs, family, life in general — we have plenty of options beyond squeezing in a mandatory 6am session to make progress on our projects. We should ‘write some days.’”
-Jael McHenry | WriterUnboxed.com | 6/4/12
Read the full article here for realistic encouragement like:
- Writing often
- Making progress off the page
- Sometimes, not writing
