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How To (Realistically) Make A Habit Of Writing

To clarify: Works with my autism. WORKS WITH MY AUTISM!!! I’ve been meeting my goals since I made them my New Year’s resolution! Anyway I’m so sick of all those ‘how to’ guides that don’t actually tell you what the process is they’re just like ‘just do it, but don’t burn yourself out, do what’s best for you!’ because you’re not telling me what I’m not supposed to be burning myself out over but okay, so I made my own. Hope this helps

1. Choose your fighter metric. What works better for you as a measurement of your progress; time spent writing or your word count? Personally I get very motivated and encouraged by seeing my word count go up and making a note of where it should be when I’m done, so I measure by that. At the same time, a lot of people are also very discouraged by their word count and it can negatively impact their motivation to write, and in that case you may be better off working from how much time you spend writing rather than where the word count is

2. Choose your starter Pokémon time frame. How often can you write before it starts to feel like a chore or a burden rather than something fun you look forward to? Many people believe that they have to write daily, but for some people this can do more harm than good. Maybe every two or three days? Weekly? Figure out what fits your schedule and go with it

3. Choose your funny third joke goal. Now that you’ve got your chosen time frame to complete your goal in, what’s a reasonable goal to aim to complete within that time frame based on the metric you chose? If your metric is your word count, how much can you reasonably and consistently write within your chosen time frame? If your metric is time spent writing, how much time can you reasonably and consistently spend writing within that time? Maybe 1000 words per week works, or maybe 10 minutes per day? The goal here is to find something that works for you and your own schedule without burning you out

4. Trial and error. Experiment with your new target and adapt it accordingly. Most people can’t consistently write 1667 words per day like you do in NaNoWriMo, so we want to avoid that and aim somewhere more reasonable. If you feel like it’s too much to do in such a short time frame, either give yourself less to do or more time to do it in. If you find yourself begrudgingly writing so often that it constantly feels more like a chore than something fun, maybe consider adapting things. And if you think that you gave yourself too much wiggle room and you could do more than this consistently, give yourself more of a challenge. Everything needs to suit you and your pace and needs

5. Run your own race. Don’t feel like you’re not accomplishing enough in comparison to others or not working fast enough to satisfy some arbitrary feeling of doubt. Everybody works at their own pace and slower work doesn’t mean worse work. You could be on one word per day and you’ll still see consistent results, which is still one word per day more than you could originally count on. All progress is progress, regardless of its speed

There's a difference in between I don't like it vs. I think this is written badly, and that needs to be talked abt.

Thank you for the tag @clairelsonao3 ! (Post here)

Instructions: Bold your answers to the following:

I write: daily | most days I a few times a week I a few times a month I random

I write most often: when I first get up | later in the morning I afternoon I evening I the wee hours of the night | whenever

I tend to write scenes: in chronological order with no skipping I mostly in order but with some filler/skipping | whatever scene I feel like I who knows what's gonna come out

In one sitting, I tend to write: a few sentences at a time I a few hundred words | a few thousand words | a complete chapter/section no matter how long I an outline | whatever comes

The things that come easiest to me are: dialogue I description of senses I description of action | description of characters I exposition | other (very specifically, facial expressions)

I tend to write: on a phone I on a laptop I in a notebook | on whatever paper I can find | with speech to text | in the blood of my enemies I it doesn't really matter to me I on paper first and then typed up I old school typewriter I on a computer

When I take a break from writing, it usually lasts: a few days I a few weeks I a few months I it's kind of random

My favorite thing to do when I'm on a writing break is: recharge with other creative hobbies | read/consume other media I do something physical | catch up with old friends | work on my WIP in other ways like with playlists or art | other (commit arson, bother everyone around me, and lurk on ao3)

In general, I think my writing habits are: pretty much what I need them to be I okay, but l'm working on making them better I non-existent I not great l i'm excited to develop them further I totally random I perfect for me

Gently tagging @imaginativemind29new @jay-avian

Is it just me, or is a writer thing? I want to write so badly but I can't actually get myself to write what I need to focus on. Am I trying too hard? Should I just write something and hopefully it gets me where I need to be? 🥴

Is there anybody out there who would be interested in beta reading or editing? I'm hoping to complete a first draft soonishly and I'd like to get some help and feedback, so I can work toward my goal of publishing one of my many works this year. Please and thank!

When you're subconsciously putting off writing, then something pops up in your social media doom scroll that reminds you of the book title. And now you are consciously aware of what you're doing. Oops 😬

Do other writers ever get this like, hyper-specific dialogue exchange drop into their brains and you know exactly where these character are standing and what they’re doing and how they’re saying these words but that’s all you get. You don’t have much other context and this specific moment that exists only at this time in your headspace??

#1 Perayaan Mati Rasa

Kadang ...

Semesta telah memberi sinyal

Tapi kita terlalu acuh

Hingga ...

Jiwa kita telah mati

Mati rasa

#2 Tawa dan Luka

Akan selalu ada

Mengikis rasa

Pada setiap jiwa

Tawa membawa bahagia

Luka memberi pelajaran

Karna hakikatnya

Sebuah kehidupan

Hanya perlu diJalani, diNikmati, dan diSyukuri

Begitu kata Seorang Bijak :)

#3 La Tahzan, Innallaha Ma Ana

Bumi Allah itu Luas

Jangan sempitkan hatimu

karena belum tercapainya segala inginmu

Tapi luaskan rasa syukurmu

untuk hal-hal kecil yang ada disekitarmu

Terus tingkatkan ikhtiar dan tawakalmu

Atas segala kerja keras dan doa

Man Jadda Wajada

Man Shabara Zhafira

La Tahzan, Innallaha Ma Ana

#4 Doa dari seorang Pendosa

Wahai Hujan yang penuh Keberkahan

Di antara derasmu membasahi BumiNya

Tolong sampaikanlah Doa ini KepadaNya, Sang Pemilik Semesta

"Ya Allah, ampuni diri ini yang penuh dengan dosa,

Yang seringkali lalai dalam beribadah kepadamu,

Yang seringkali jarang menyebut NamaMu,

Yang seringkali terus melakukan dosa yang berulang,

Ya Allah kau tahu segala pintaKu sebelum aku memintanya,

Hamba mohon tuntunlah hamba selalu berada di JalanMu,

Jagalah hamba, Lindungilah hamba, dan Berikanlah ampunan kepada hambamu yang seorang pendosa"

#5 Layangan

Dari jendala pesawat

Aku tak melihat satupun langit biru

Begitu jua dengan sang awan

Kelabu

Namun ada yang lucu

Kala pesawat mau mendarat turun ke landasan pacu

Ada beberapa layangan putus yang terbang tak menentu

Terbang melayang

Seakan merayakan kebebasannya