What Writing Every Day Has Taught Me

by Andrea Lundgren

Lately, I’ve been trying an experiment I’ve heard about for years with authors and never really took serious: writing every day.

Here are some quotes from writers on the subject:

“One thing that helps is to give myself permission to write badly. I tell myself that I’m going to do my five or 10 pages no matter what, and that I can always tear them up the following morning if I want. I’ll have lost nothing—writing and tearing up five pages would leave me no further behind than if I took the day off.” —Lawrence Block, Writer’s Digest