Tip 4: Shout It From the Rooftops

Not literally. Get off of there! … And welcome back to tip 4 for creating your own Daily 30 writing routine!

“Announce your intentions.”

If accountability tends to help you get things done, this is your moment.

Holding Space for Writing

It’s been over ten years since I started my daily writing streak. By now, pretty much everyone in my life knows about my “thirty minutes”.

This makes it a lot easier for me to stick to my promise. All I have to do, is mention some version of “I’m writing” or “Still gotta do my half hour” and everyone knows exactly what I mean.

When you share your plans to do the Daily 30 with others, they can help you create the space to write. Your roommates might leave you and your laptop alone at the living room table. Your family might wait fifteen more minutes before asking you that very important question. And your friends understand when you’re fashionably late to a party.

Accountability and Conversation

Writing can be a lonely endeavour, but it can be very connecting, too. The Daily 30 even more so: You’ll always have something to talk about. Once people are aware of what you’re doing, they’ll ask you how your challenge is going. How long you’ve been writing every single day. What you’ve been working on.

It can even be nice to involve people in your writing: I’ve asked my sister to give me three random words for me to use in a story within 30 minutes.

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A daily writing routine is actually a great conversation starter: You’ll always have a good truth for Two Truths and a Lie!

Sharing your plans creates accountability, which can help keep you going. If everyone knows you’re creating a daily habit, you don’t want to be the one to tell them you gave up on it, right?

The Eternal Writing Buddy

Another advantage of people knowing about your daily writing routine is that you become the perfect writing buddy. You have to write every day, after all. If any writer friends, whether in real life or online, are looking for some motivation, you can find it together!

In the past, I’ve sat with friends in cafés, writing in our notebooks while sipping our chai lattes. I’ve installed bots on Discord that allow you to easily set up online writing sprints.

This doesn’t just go for writing, either. If one of your friends is an artist or musician, the two of you can create together at the same time. Us, writers, aren’t the only ones struggling to carve out time for our hobbies, after all.

Writing Prompt: New Information

Dialogue in fiction can be the most entertaining thing to write, but also the hardest. I love it when established characters have conversations that really change their dynamics.

If you’re looking for some inspiration, why not dedicate today’s 30 minutes to this prompt?

“There’s something you should know about me.”
Two of your characters have an important conversation.

Hello, I Write Every Day

Writing every day requires dedication and persistence. One way to make it easier, is to spread the message.

Whether you’re looking for someone to check in on you, a buddy to write with, or just the time and space to actually dedicate to writing, telling the people in your life about the Daily 30 can help a lot.

And, of course, the longer you keep going, the more your daily writing habit will become something you can be proud of!

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Priscilla Kint