As we’ve already entered the nanowrimo writing month, many of you’ve probably committed to this writing goal which is not easy to achieve. There are many strategies you can employ in order to do that. I particularly in this article shared some of the tips how to stay on the top of your creativity during the day and how to find time for writing in our hectic lives. Today I will share some additional tricks that occasionally have helped me to sustain with my writing and get things done.
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Write down your goal
Instead of just thinking about your goal, write it down. Write in bold and strong letters what is it you want to achieve. Write it on a card that you can place in your wallet and see it frequently or make a screensaver for your phone and computer where would popup randomly as a reminder. Once you write your goal down and read it several times a day, you are stating and giving life to what you want to do. It becomes an ingrained part of your thinking and subconsciously you are already pushing things towards fulfilling your set intention.
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Set achievable benchmarks
If your goal is writing 50 000 words in 30 days, it does look and sound scary. But we must keep in mind that most of our goals are comprised of smaller doable steps. We don’t have to know everything at the beginning of our writing journey. For us is important to break our desired milestone in daily benchmarks and work from there. In this case, you might set your writing goals to achieving writing 1500 and 1700 words a day. You can continue to cut it in even smaller chunks, like writing 500 words in the morning, afternoon and evening. Some days you will write more or less, but this benchmarks are a great way for you to follow your progress.
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Meditate towards writing
Besides having enough time, finding concentration and focus are additional factors that contribute to achieving our writing goals. We need to free our minds of cluttering thoughts and useless information in order to stimulate creativity. One good habit to practice is to set a side 5 to 10 minutes for peaceful meditation that will help you get in the writing mode. Sit comfortably, with your both feet placed firmly on the ground with spine, neck and head aligned and simply begin to breathe in rhythmical motions. Think of what you would like to write, what is that part of the story that simply needs to be to told, that has to get out of you.
In the beginning you might struggle and feel uncomfortable, but if you trust the process and continue to practice, you will find ideas coming easily to you, your writing will become more consistent and less stressful.
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Use writing prompts to stir up your imagination
Use writing prompts into your advantage to stir your thinking and help you get started with writing. It doesn’t matter if they have nothing to do with your writing theme – use them to break the initial barriers for writing and spark ideas for your story or other written assignment.
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Use available non-writing tools
This has become quite handy in my case. Many times, during walk, shopping or commute I get an idea which I can easily forget if I’m in distracting environment (like street or train). I don’t have always an opportunity to write them down, so than I try to use voice recorder (that I believe most of smart phones have today) to do the work for me. It can be just a phrase, or few words that will be my reminder for the initial idea, poem or story plot.
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Celebrate your achieved goals.
Think of interesting and fun ways you will reward yourself after achieving desired goals. As you walk each step on your writing journey, remember your vision and how it will make you feel once you hit the biggest benchmark – like writing 50 000 words in 30 days. Sustain that emotion during the writing process and use it as motivational fuel each time you feel discouraged or lack inspiration. You are your best support and biggest writing fan. You deserve it.
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Wow I loved this article. Great tips to improve writing skills. ☺☺
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I’m glad you loved them Shreya 🙂
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Great tips!!
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Thanks 🙂
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Thanks for this!
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You are welcome Mahitha 🙂
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Great strategy that I’m going to use. Thank you!
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I’m glad you like my ideas Claudia 🙂
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5 is a savvy way for me to try … I get my ideas in the most inappropriate places.
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I know – it might take some time to remember and get in habit recording yourself 🙂
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A great article Maja and some good tips. I have just starting introducing tip number 3 around meditation and writing and am surprised as to how it has opened up the creativity when writing poetry.
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Yes Davy, it can make wonders if we just relax and let go. Indeed a wonderful tool for writers 🙂
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Is it wrong to have no goals Maja, I sometimes see goals as pressures 😬 I write every day but I seem to live in the moment, writing for pleasure 🌹
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Of course not. I just merely shared my tips for those who do have deadlines and want to achieve something in short amount of time. Writing should always bring pleasure, that’s for sure 🙂
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Thank you, I was getting worried for a moment 😉lovely new photo of you, I meant to mention it the other week 🙂
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Thanks Elaine 🙂
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A great post this is 🙂 that’s some great combinations to keep on writing.
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Thanks Ajibola, it’s great you find them helpful 🙂
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You are always on point 🙂
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🙂
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More grease to your elbow 🙂
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Awesome tips..
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Thanks 🙂
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Reblogged this on Orthografia.
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Reblogged this on Still Another Writer's Blog.
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Thanks for sharing 🙂
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You are welcome!
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Amazing tips, thank you
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Thank you for reading 🙂
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Oh good lord! I am trying to write a book from past 6 years. I am serious about writing but somehow… Things don’t work out in consistency. I am definitely trying out your tips maja. 😅
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I hope you’ll find them valuable 🙂
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Amazing tips! Would love some thoughts and advice on my first official content piece about ‘a change for the better’ 😊 https://malisehoney.wordpress.com/2017/05/02/a-change-for-the-better/
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