Ask the Writing Coach: Do You Have to Write Every Day?

Nope. You don’t. You definitely, absolutely, 100% do not have to write every day to be a writer.

So why do some writers claim you do? Because they do. It’s fabulous that they can sit down and write every single day of their life. Plenty of successful authors do that. Plenty of successful authors don’t.

If a daily schedule works for you, beautiful. But if it doesn’t, that’s okay too. Like athletes, many of us need breaks to recover, adapt, recharge, and prevent burn out.

Want some proof?

Writing Your Book, How to Write a BookTiffany HawkSeptember 11, 2018 Comments

3 Simple Mistakes That Will Kill Your Novel's Opening (+ how to fix them

You’re trying to juggle a dozen things at once – an unforgettable first line, a fresh voice, an original theme, complex characters, mood and tone and conflict and a sense of mystery, and so on and so forth. In so doing, there’s a good chance you’ve inadvertently lost the most important element of all – clarity.

Literary Agents, Writing Your Book, Editing Your Book, How to Write a BookTiffany HawkFebruary 12, 2018Revision