Just keep writing! :)

Good Friday morning! The weekend is upon us so this will be a short but important writing-wise post.

Writing, writing and more writing. The more you can sit behind the desk, on the sofa with a pen and pad, however you do it when you write.. a lot happens. Over time, you'll find your mistakes more easily, you'll etch out a regular time period to actually write, and you'll hone your skills as a writer. If you ask many authors they'll tell you one of the biggies as far as writing goes is actually the writing part.

Try to get yourself on a schedule and stick to it as best as you can. I know, these days it's fairly hard to get a few minutes to yourself, let alone do something you actually wanna do. But, maybe if you think of this as a business, a job, if you will. If you only have twenty minutes while dinner is baking in the oven, than snag that time and write. If you have an extra break at work or lunch; if you can eat and write at the same time, try a few minutes to do so. Some write everyday. A few pages, a chapter, one page. The point is, they are writing and writing frequently. It may not be at an exact scheduled time, but they know that's what they want to do and they find the time to write, even if it's sitting in the car waiting for the kiddo's to get of out school.

Here's the thing.. every sentence gets you that much closer to the end of your story. And even if you can't jot down a few paragraphs, if you only have time to make a couple of notes on where you're going when you're able to get back to your story.. it all adds up, and you'll be amazed at the end of a week how much you've written, compared to before you tried this tidbit.

I guess what I'm saying is, it really doesn't matter how or the time of day/night that you can sneak off and grab a handful of minutes.. grab them! Write those thoughts down before they are gone and when you've run out of time, that's ok. You can add more when your next writing time comes around.

For me, I write best at night. When all is quiet, for the most part, and my writing goal is no less than 5 pages. Most of the time I'm able to meet that goal, sometimes though, it doesn't happen. But, I don't kick myself in the butt. I just put everything away for the night and get back on track tomorrow.

Hope this helps :)  Happy Writing!