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Set
Stretch Goals
Stretch writing
goals will keep your mind
focused on what you want to achieve and/or excel
at. These
stretch goals can be big or small, very
ambitious or very specific. The objective of these
stretch goals is to inspire you and provide a
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Adopt the Continuous-Improvement Mindset
Be
creatively dissatisfied always. Write everyday,
and strive to write today
better than you did yesterday. By doing so you
will practice and enhance your skills, sharpen your
mind, expand your toolkit and vocabulary. |
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Create an Inspiring Environment for Writing
An inspiring, quiet
and clutter-free workspace is essential for
awakening and engaging
your inner genius.
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Some Other Habits and Daily
Routines
of Great Writers
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Voltaire
spent 18 to 20 hours at home
working. He would often read and
dictate work to secretaries from
bed. Voltaire had his social and
leisure time late in the day,
and would then return to
solitude.
Victor Hugo
would write every day until 11
am and was known to carry
notebooks with him at all times,
in case inspiration struck.
Charles Dickens
kept a tight schedule, waking up
at 7 am, having breakfast at 8,
and starting work at 9. Dickens
would then have lunch with his
family and continue working
until 2 pm. Then, every
afternoon, he would go for a
three-hour walk.
Mark Twain
would go every summer to a farm
in upstate New York. The writer
would get up in the morning,
have breakfast, and lock himself
in his study working nonstop
until 5 pm. After a productive
day with no distractions,
Mark Twain would then join
his family for dinner.
Agatha Christie
known for her detective novels,
didn't even have a writing desk.
Agatha Christie used to type
using a typewriter or writing on
scraps of paper anywhere she
could find a stable tabletop.
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Ernest Hemingway
was a true pro and was
accountable for his work.
Hemingway would have a few
drinks at night, but still wake
up at 5:30 every morning to
work. He’d keep a record of his
daily output, counting the words
he wrote at any given day. On
being an early riser, Ernest
Hemingway said: "There is no one
to disturb you and it is cool or
cold and you come to your work
and warm as you write."
William Faulkner
didn’t follow a strict schedule.
He’d write both at night or in
the mornings, depending on his
work schedule. Faulkner was not
picky about the location either,
oftentimes using the town
library to write.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
seemed to work well under
pressure. Well, at least while
writing his 120,000-word novel
‘This Side of Paradise,’ which
he did in just three months.
Being in the Army at the time,
Fitzgerald would write from 1 pm
to 12 am on Saturdays and 6 am
to 6 pm on Sundays.
Maya Angelou
would wake up at 5:30 am, share
a cup of coffee with her
husband, and leave for work at 6
am. Angelou would go to a budget
hotel or motel near home, where
she’d work from 7 am to 2 pm in
complete isolation.
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