3 Tips for Establishing a Daily Writing Practice

It doesn't matter what kind of writer you are. If you are poet, playwright, freelance writer, journalist or even a blogger, you probably understand the importance of a daily writing habit.

Getting started with a daily writing routine can be a bit tough. The following three tips should make it just a bit easier.


1.) Write in the morning.


If you report to your place of employment at 5:00 AM, you may want to pick a time in the early or late evening. Everyone else, however, should start becoming an early riser.

These morning hours will let you write with less distraction, and many find that they are just more productive when the sun is just thinking about coming up.

Even if you aren't a natural morning person, start getting up earlier and earlier every day. Start with an extra ten minutes, then twenty and so on. Eventually, you will be getting up good and early to get great writing done.

2.) Do it for seven days straight. 


People (don't ask me who) say that to break a habit you need to do it several days in a row. This means that make a habit you also need to stick with it for several consecutive days.

Start writing every morning for at least 7 days straight. Once you are on a streak, you will be addicted and you will keep going. If you falter after a few days, it won't be a routine and it will be harder to stick with it.


3.) Write even if you don't feel like it or are blocked.


Yep. Even when it isn't fun, push through it. If you don't, a few days down the line when you have a great idea and a lot of ambition, you may not be up and ready to write it out.

This is what freewriting is for. Spend at least five minutes writing it out, and if it still isn't working, then you should move on with your day. Being there and setting your pen to paper (or fingers to the keyboard) gives you and your writing a fighting chance.