14 Tips for Developing A Daily Writing Habit

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If you’re an author, the big part of your job is to write.

IMPORTANT!!!

Here are 14 t i ps to he lp you i nst i l l a da i l y wr i t i ng hab i t …

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1 DON’T MAKE

RAPID CHANGES

Trying to form many new habits at once leads to failure.

It’s a mistake to try to form new patterns of, for example, writing, boxing, controlling your diet, and

weightlifting all at once. It’s overwhelming. www.chaiwatspace.com

Try to establish

only one new habit at a

time.

Star t w i t h t he most impo r tan t o ne f i r s t ; i n

t h i s case , wr i t i ng . T hen , when i t s ta r ts t o fee l

au t omat i c , you can s ta r t deve l o p i ng ano the r o ne .

Knowing your motivations and writing them down is important to help you keep going when you feel discouraged or face stumbling blocks.

2 FIND YOUR

MOTIVATIONS


Why do you

need to write?

What would it

be like if you

successfully

formed a daily

writing habit?

You can read

them every

morn i ng or when

you fee l lack of

mot ivat i on .

Wr i te as many

reasons as you

can down on

paper and put

i t on the wa l l .

Studies have shown that you perform your job better if you expect to receive a

reward in the near future.

3 REWARD

YOURSELF


Choose

short-term

rewards that

you can

receive

every day.

P l a n a b i gger reward f o r when you f i n i s h wr i t i ng you r

book , l i k e t rave l l i n g . Deve l o p a reward system

tha t boos ts you r mot i va t i o n .

a c u p o f c o f f e e

a ma s s age

a d a t e

e a t i n g s ome t h i n g y o u l o v e

Forming a new habit may require a specific trigger.

4 DETERMINE A

HABIT TRIGGER

As writers, we need triggers that drive us to write. www.chaiwatspace.com

First,

identify the

sequence of

activities

that will

trigger you.

Af te r a l l t ha t , s i t down and wr i t e immed i a te l y . I f y ou cons i s ten t l y f o l l ow t h i s pa t te r n , i t w i l l l ead

you t o wr i t e au tomat i ca l l y , a nd w i l l

even tua l l y become a hab i t .

Having support can help kick-start your writing.

5 FIND

SUPPORT

It can come from friends or family. You can ask them to hold you accountable.


Fear of

punishment

sometimes

can be a

powerful

motivator.

Wh i l e y o u r f r i e n d s l i k e l y w o n ’ t h i t y o u o r t a k e y o u r

p r i v i l e g e s away , j u s t h a v i n g t o a dm i t t h a t y o u h a v e

p r o c r a s t i n a t e d o r f a i l e d t o r e ac h a g o a l m a y b e p u n i s hme n t e n o u g h !

Suppos i ng you don ’ t comp l e te you r wr i t i ng

tasks , t hey w i l l adm i n i s te r some k i nd o f p un i s hment .

When you start your day by doing your most important task, it will give you a sense of

accomplishment, and you will want to maintain this momentum the whole day.

6 START

EARLY


Wake up and feel tired? Not in the mood to write? Someone has annoyed you?

7 DO IT

ANYWAY

These are not valid excuses to give yourself a pass.


t h e k e y t o f o rm i n g a n ew h a b i t

Forming a

new habit

means

disciplining

yourself to do

what you

have to, no

matter your

state of mind.

You won ’ t deve l o p a new hab i t by do i ng someth i ng

on l y when you wan t . When wr i t i ng becomes a hab i t , y ou w i l l be i n t he r i g h t

s ta te o f m i nd more o f ten .

Writing doesn’t have to be unpleasant.

8 MAKE THE

PROCESS FUN

Find ways to make it fun.

I f y ou ’ ve been wr i t i ng o n l y a t home , maybe i t ’ s t ime t o t ry tak i ng you r l a p t op o n t he r oad . You

cou l d a l s o work wh i l e d r i n k i ng co f fee o r tea . www.chaiwatspace.com

It’s hard to form a writing habit if you also check emails, read blogs or surf the Internet

while you’re writing.

9 ELIMINATE

DISTRACTIONS


You can

eliminate

these

distractions by

writing out in

advance things

that normally

distract you.

Some o f t hese d i s t ract i o ns can be comp l e te l y i g no red

o r addressed l a te r .

T h i s t i p w i l l n o t o n l y he l p you f o rm a hab i t bu t w i l l he l p you get more done .

Some beginning writers set goals of thousands of words daily.

10 SET REALISTIC

GOALS


Shooting so high

can paralyze

them and lead

them to

procrastinate.

I f y ou ’ ve never been ab l e t o wr i t e 1 , 000 words a day , don ’ t se t a goa l t o wr i t e 2 ,000 . Set goa l s t ha t a re amb i t i o us - bu t

a l s o rea l i s t i c .

Don’t be overwhelmed by obsessing about whether or not you will

successfully form a writing habit.

11 FOCUS ON THE

PROGRESS


Concentrate

on what’s in

front of you

- writing -–

one small

step at a

time.

Once you have bu i l t the wr i t i ng hab i t , you w i l l rea l ize that i t ’ s

eas ier than you i n i t i a l l y thought .

Setting a goal of writing five hours a day is daunting.

12 SET A MINIMUM

TIME DURATION


if you’re just

starting out,

set a minimum

time for writing

at least 30-60

minutes a day.

Th is i s more doab le and w i l l i ncrease your conf idence . You can

sca le up once you fee l comfortab le w i th i t .

You need to track your progress if you want to get motivated.

13 TRACK YOUR

PROGRESS


The metric

that you have

to track is

the number of

days that

you’ve been

writing.

Fo r examp l e , i f I se t a goa l t o wr i t e a t l eas t 60

m i n u tes a day f o r 30 days , I wou l d check the

mark on my ca l e ndar each day I accomp l i s h t h i s goa l u n t i l t he 30 t h .

Forming new habits takes time – maybe even months. But if you implement these

tips for even one month, you may be on your way to developing a strong writing habit.

14 GIVE YOURSELF THE

TIME YOU NEED


Writing can be unpleasant.

D eve l o p i n g g o o d w r i t i n g h a b i t s m i g h t b e t h e b i g g e s t ch a l l e n g e t h a t yo u f a c e .

That ’s why you need to fo l l ow these t i ps to he lp you i nst i l l the hab i t more eas i l y – and

even start to en joy the process . www.chaiwatspace.com

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