Learnings from 235 writing streams…
Wow, I wrote a 140k rough draft over 200 writing sprints, averaging roughly 30 minutes each over the past 235 consecutive writing streams. I've learned a lot! I figured I'd share some key learnings with you, LinkedIn writing professionals.
For those who don't know me, I'm Jared, but I go by Kauffman. I am a daily writing streamer on YouTube with the WriteNow community. I am a writing coach who helps unpublished authors make the entire writing process easy and fun! (currently on 2nd draft of a dark fantasy novel, The Last Scarecrow)
Learnings from 235 of 366 writing live streams:
1. CONSISTENCY for the win (I know, I put the obvious one first, but just by showing up every day, I've proven to myself I'm capable of publishing a book)
2. COMMUNITY BEATS writer's block: there were at least 30 days I didn't feel like writing and over half of those days, my writing community inspired me to create more than I expected going into the writing sprints.
3. ROUGH DRAFT expectations: Many writers get tripped up at different parts of the story development process (especially during the rough draft). I was successful by allowing myself to make mistakes, have fun, and create a system for how much I allowed myself to edit or rewrite during the first draft.
4. WRITING SPRINT routine: this is the first time I've had to use writing sprints since I had to make my writing work as a livestream experience. Writing sprints created a great system of routine.
5. LOVE the process: I enjoy brainstorming, writing, and editing because I respect the entire process and have figured out how to have fun at each step.
6. STUDENT of writing: I've chatted with well over 1,000 writers in the past eight months. I always see unpublished writers struggling with the same things: writer's block, inconsistency, lack of skill building, frustration, etc. I realized I just had to have CLEAR EXPECTATIONS for the process and what the end result meant for me to circumvent many of these issues.
The average self-published author in 2024 has to be a writer, editor, marketer, and networker with enough self-discipline and research methods in place to keep learning.
I don't know the future, but I love every step of this journey.
If I were to go back in time and face my miserable self eight months ago, I would've done the same thing 😊
Thanks for reading!
Good luck with your writing journey, hope this helps 💯
