A hammer made of deadlines is the surest tool for crushing writer’s block.
-Ryan Lilly
A hammer made of deadlines is the surest tool for crushing writer’s block.
-Ryan Lilly
I love deadlines.
I especially love uncomfortably close deadlines because they are the pressure cooker that creates finished and published books.
If you’re willing to be honest with yourself, you’ll admit that a deadline way off in the future is less than useless because it’s irrelevant.
It doesn’t matter yet.
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This is why I love Manuscript Math.”]
It tells me exactly how many days I need to complete my first draft.
Is it insane to write a 30,000 word first draft in 10 days? It’s only 3,000 words a day.
At 1,000 words per hour, it’s just 3 hours. 2,000? Done in 90 minutes.
This is a first draft. Quality doesn’t matter yet, but speed does.
Write those words as fast as you possibly can.
I did a writing test the other day, suggested by my writing coach.
He dared me to write for 5 minutes straight without stopping, without fixing spelling mistakes or punctuation, without trying to find “the right word.”
Just write non-stop for 5 minutes.
I was astounded. I wrote 275 words.
I highly encourage you to take this challenge too and, when you do, I’d love for you to share your results in the comments!
Watch today’s video for the super-secret code to slay procrastination and writer’s block.
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