No more "I'll work on my book." Instead, it was "I will write 200 words about the methodology."
Paul was skeptical. He started small. The first morning, he wrote three sentences and spent the rest of the hour staring at a bookshelf. But he didn't leave the chair. The next day, he wrote a paragraph. By Friday, he had two pages. How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Produc...
"I’m waiting for the weekend," Paul sighed. "I need at least six hours of quiet to really get into the flow." No more "I'll work on my book
Six months later, the cursor didn't haunt him anymore. It just waited for him to start his shift. Paul wasn't a "writer" in the romantic, suffering sense—he was a person who wrote. And he had a finished book to prove it. But he didn't leave the chair
No more "I'll work on my book." Instead, it was "I will write 200 words about the methodology."
Paul was skeptical. He started small. The first morning, he wrote three sentences and spent the rest of the hour staring at a bookshelf. But he didn't leave the chair. The next day, he wrote a paragraph. By Friday, he had two pages.
"I’m waiting for the weekend," Paul sighed. "I need at least six hours of quiet to really get into the flow."
Six months later, the cursor didn't haunt him anymore. It just waited for him to start his shift. Paul wasn't a "writer" in the romantic, suffering sense—he was a person who wrote. And he had a finished book to prove it.