One of the things most successful writers require of themselves … at least, the ones who get published regularly, is a daily production quota. It works for me better than diet pills when it comes to blogging; if I need to get 20 blog entries done in a two-week period, it’s a lot easier to write 2-3 per night than sit down like I sometimes do and write 18 of them in one sitting.
The same principle holds true for any other type of writing; if you make sure you write, say, three pages a night, you get to 300 pages a lot faster than if you write in 10-15 page bursts, but then go days and even weeks on end without producing a single paragraph.
That’s the key to success as a writer; setting a production goal, and making sure you hit that minimum, all the time.
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