Building a Sustainable Writing Habit

The 8-Minute Writing Habit, Chapter 11

Writing fast is a valuable skill, but only if you sit yourself down and actually do it.

For the longest time, I focused heavily on optimizing word count and trying to get as many words as possible in as little time as possible. My attitude was, “I can work on this for two hours a day, get the same results as someone working eight hours a day, and then sp…