The holidays get filled with extra grocery trips and wrapping gifts, and super cleaning your house, which may leave little time for writing.
Well, I would like to share a few tips I found worked for me over the holidays to keep my writing on track.
1) I made my writing a priority. What I mean by making it a priority is I treated the holidays not different then any other time and I worked the other stuff around my writing instead of the other way around. If I knew I was going to have a couple of extra things to do in a day, I would wake up a little earlier and write.
2) I found creative ways to get “writing” done. When I would be away from my computer, I would still have my cell phone, a mini tape recorder and memo pad with me. If I would get an idea or chapter segment in my head, I had a way to ensure my thoughts got on paper.
3) I realized writing something was better than writing nothing. Over the holidays, my writing time was not as much as it was beforehand, however, I still took the time to write something which moved me forward with my book.
So to my fellow writers, don’t allow the holidays to deter you from doing what you love–keep writing!
