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Q&A How do I balance reading time with writing time?

Dedicate two days a week to read instead of writing. If you get ideas that you want to start working on immediately, let writing distract you, but let it be the only thing that distracts you. Also...

posted 11y ago by Rebekah‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Rebekah‭ · 2019-12-08T02:13:29Z (over 4 years ago)
Dedicate two days a week to read instead of writing. If you get ideas that you want to start working on immediately, let writing distract you, but let it be the only thing that distracts you.

Also, make sure you have an outline of some sort. Part of your problem is that you're going slowly and getting discouraged, so you'll want to speed that up. Here's an article that might help.

[http://thisblogisaploy.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-i-went-from-writing-2000-words-day.html](http://thisblogisaploy.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-i-went-from-writing-2000-words-day.html)

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-04-19T20:46:03Z (about 11 years ago)
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