Member-only story

Writing tips

For Us Lazy Procrastinators, a Writing Challenge Is a Smart Thing To Join

If you want to build a daily writing habit

Elin Melaas

--

A sloth
Photo by David Clode on Unsplash

If you are an effective person who always does what you have planned, this story is not for you.

But if are you like me, have a lot of plans, but keep putting things off ➡ Hi and welcome! You are my kind of people 😉

Vague plans, wishes, and dreams don’t get me started. Unfortunately. There are too many TV series I haven’t seen, laundry that needs to be done, or stock prices that I have to check.

Throw in uncertainty and imposter syndrome, and it’s too demanding to start writing. All the good intentions in the world and available articles on writing tips are not helping this ship sail.

So how to get started writing?

Here is my solution:
Put your competitive instinct to work and join a cohort-based writing challenge.

If I commit to posting every day for 30 days, it’s out of the question not to do what it takes to get it done. Writing suddenly moves up to the top of my priority list. I no longer have time to watch TV series, do laundry and check stock prices. If I have committed to publishing every day, I…

--

--

No responses yet