Daily writing plan
20 June 2008 by paulgormanI have been trying to write every day. I created a folder on my computer called “Daily Writing”. I name my files like 2008-06-20.rtf. In this way, I can track my goal of writing something everyday. I usually begin by writing a short diary-like entry. Second, I do free/automatic writing for a few minutes (but often I skip this). Then I write a short summary of what I plan to write for the day, such as: “Write the begging of an interview between Walter and Mr. Brown, which acts as a frame story for the John Stillcrane tall tale.” Then I try to actually write that.
So far, I’ve written on fifteen of the last 30 days. It’s not enough, but it’s more than I was doing before I had a structured plan. Also, lately I’ve gotten more and more usable text out of each session–less writing exercise, more writing.
