Cal Newport on "Write Every Day". If it's not your main job, you're going to end up having no write days, and if you're committed to a hard schedule a missed day is going to translate into "welp, couldn't make the cut then, better quit for good".
Disagree with his opinion.
He suggests the biggest problem with write every day is:
you soon slip up. This slip-up, however, has big consequences. It provides evidence to your brain that your plan to write every day will not succeed
Yea, and? That doesn't have to cause failure. We know things like You don't have to fail with abandon.. Also iteration cycles
He also says:
In my experience as a writer with a day job, I’ve found it’s crucial to avoid rigid writing schedules.
Which is fine. That's his experience. You can listen to him and his experienc...
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