Excellent post. I usually set myself a goal of writing 2,000 words a day on whatever novel I'm writing (I'm working on my third, currently). I often write more than that, but 2,000 a day is a reasonable, easy goal to reach for me, and pushes the book along nicely, so I finish it in a decent amount of time. Setting reasonable goals is key, as is giving yourself rewards for meeting big goals, such as finishing writing a novel. Writing goals down also helps you to achieve them.

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