Create a Daily Writing Plan

I used to tell everyone that I was an author, speaker and consultant. I found that the two latter items were easy to deal with but my writing seemed to be here and there with episodes being too far apart. I had to do something to make sure I was not going to lose my touch with the written word.

Yes, I could dictate my thoughts and have them translated - that would certainly give me more materials to work with but somehow I did not feel like I had actually written anything. I felt that I was betraying my trade even though I was able to accomplish more in the area of information products. I needed to find a solution that would allow me to create more product yet still give me the opportunity to keep on writing. The saying is that if you stop using it, you will soon lose it. Writing certainly can fall into that realm.

I often use the three word technique for practicing my writing. I try to describe a scenario in three words (usually the scenario is from the past week). I keep a journal of three word descriptors so I can choose one at random each day. A three word scenario might be words such as warm, rocky, ocean or dessert, publicity, media - just three words to remind me of something I did or was involved with. It does not have to be complicated. However, it does take practice coming up with the three words.

Since my venue for writing short articles is EzineArticles.com, I go back and use the three words to talk about meaningful experiences that others may be interested in hearing about. For example, the three words I am using for this article are: practice, daily, expertise. You could probably write something using those words as well.

What you really need to do is build in some time everyday to keep up the writing. For you it could be an article or it could be a couple of pages of that book you are in the process of writing. Whatever you are doing for writing, do something everyday and you will accomplish a great deal at the end of each week, month, quarter or year. If you write one page a day, you will have written 365 pages or a whole book!

Bette Daoust, Ph.D. is a speaker, author (over 170 books, articles, and publications), and consultant. She has provided marketing, sales, business development and training expertise for companies such as Peet's Coffee & Tea, Varian Medical Systems, Accenture, Avaya, Cisco Systems to name a few. Dr. Daoust has also done extensive work with small businesses in developing their marketing, training, and operational plans. You may contact Dr. Daoust at http://BizMechanix.com. You may also view her latest publications at http://BlueprintBooks.com. Dr. Daoust also writes for the National Networker http://theNationalNetworker.com