I set a goal for myself to write one more novel this year. I’ve been writing two scenes per day, and this story just has me eager to write every day and I’m writing quality stuff (all based on an outline I wrote months ago, of course). When I try to write much more that two scenes each day, I have a tendency to do a mad-dash that needs more time to fix later. And I’m usually so eager to quit writing for the day, my only goal is to get it done. I think there’s a huge difference in making doable, consistent, logical goals–a difference that means you can love a project (not dread it), be on-fire eager to work on it every day (instead of hemming and hawing), and getting the scenes down on the page in a way that makes for much less work later in revisions because what you’re doing is quality (and not just slammed down for the sake of getting it the heck out of your sight for the day). And, by doing just two scenes per day, you can still finish a novel in a month or so. Imagine if you’re doing your best work each day using this method. You can write a lot more quality books per year and feel good about what you’re doing with each one. Can’t do much better than that. Keep going, ladies! : )

Karen Wiesner
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Ladygrey, congratulations on your amazing work! You must be in heaven right now!

Onward, writers!