5 Ways To Look At Writing Differently

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This year I’ve finally decided to put writing first; to make it a priority in my life.

It’s taken a back seat for a long time, and I’m ready now to see what can happen when I give it a chance to ride shotgun.

However, at this point it’s a little too early to depend solely on writing for my income. After all, I’ve only just begun the long journey of writing 1,000+ words per day and publishing something every day for a year.

I’m still only in the first month of this challenge. If I’m going to make it, then I’m going to have to take it one day at a time. Otherwise, it’ll always feel like it’s never going to end, and I’ll get too tired and overwhelmed and want to give up.

I’m going into this with my eyes open. I know it’s not going to be easy — but I also don’t know if I realize yet just how hard it’s actually going to be.

Preparing for Success

I’ve set out on this journey many times before with varying levels of success. I’ve even written a minimum of 500 words every day for a year in the past. But even that year, I didn’t manage to keep going after that.

That was the most writing I’d ever done in a year before — somewhere around 200,000 words. It was a huge accomplishment for me, but I wasn’t able to keep the…