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by DanielBMarkham 3635 days ago
I skimmed, so maybe I missed it, but I feel like this author doesn't understand the "write every day" advice.

You write everyday to become a better writer, not necessarily to finish a project. So spend an hour or so writing and editing every day for a few months. You'll learn your style, which mistakes you make, when you're in the best mood to write, and so on.

Being a person who spends far too much time online, I easily write an hour everyday. And I usually go back and edit myself. Once a week or so, I'll go into a long explanation. I think this is the kind of writing King is talking about. (I should probably do this daily instead of weekly.)

While I'm used to short and medium format writing -- up to 5-10K words or so -- I find that true long format writing is an entirely different animal. Shorter work feels more creative. Longer work feels more like a project. Not only am I not going to be done even if I pound out 10,000 words tomorrow, I might not even be very much closer to done than before I started.

This article seems to address these feelings. For that it looks like a good read. But write every day. Read every day. Just don't participate in a project death march with your writing. Instead write and read on topics you are passionate about. Then pick up the project work.