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For Authors: December 30, 2015 Issue [#7397]

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 This week: Consistency
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2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

“It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently.”
― Anthony Robbins

“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.”
― Jim Rohn

“Perfection of effort is not required, by the way. It is the consistency of attempting to work these tools that brings the progress. It’s like anything else. If I want to tone muscle, lifting a ten-pound weight a few times every day will move me toward my goal much quicker than hoisting a fifty-pound barbell once a week. Yes, it really is true: “Slow and steady wins the race.” Just try a little, every day. You’ll see.”
― Holly Mosier



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Letter from the editor

Do you write every day? It doesn't have to be a hard and fast rule. Writing comes from creativity, and some of us tend to use excuses like needing inspiration.

The beauty of consistency is giving yourself a way to prepare for what is coming. For difficulty sleeping, a pre-bedtime routine can gear the mind toward sleep. And just like Pavlov's dog, we condition ourselves to expect something to happen.

What do you do to condition yourself to be in the mood to write? Develop a routine. Prepare the way for your brain to be ready. It might be like morning pages where you give yourself three pages of absolute dreck (750 words). It might be re-reading what you wrote during your last session. It might be reading a page from something that inspires you.

Once you find that winning combination for writing, send it through the next phase (editing, rewriting, whatever other words you have for cleaning up the word vomit). This might be a completely different ritual to prepare you for your task.

Full-time obligations like careers and children provide obstacles to overcome if you really want to write. However, if you struggle to cut out a little time for your writing, your preparation schedule and consistency (every Sunday morning at 7 with a cup of coffee and your favorite notebook) lead to new possibilities. Make it work for you.


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“A skeptic, I would ask for consistency first of all.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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