Stefania Shaffer
First of all, have a game plan. How are you going to sustain your lifestyle if you are devoting all of your hours and energy to writing? Do you have a supportive spouse taking care of your bills? If you are working while writing, set a reasonable schedule for tapping into your creativity.
Second of all, have a system for tracking your character names and profiles, and create a time-sheet for yourself. Clock in and out so you can begin to see your productivity (add a column for how many words you wrote).
Finally, I am the kind of writer who likes to write through the entire story first before I start tearing apart chapters for editing. I always have a vision of how the plot ends, and where it thickens. I find it so much easier to work backwards.
Second of all, have a system for tracking your character names and profiles, and create a time-sheet for yourself. Clock in and out so you can begin to see your productivity (add a column for how many words you wrote).
Finally, I am the kind of writer who likes to write through the entire story first before I start tearing apart chapters for editing. I always have a vision of how the plot ends, and where it thickens. I find it so much easier to work backwards.
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