Things I Do to Get Across the Finish Line

<p>Here is an overview of today's episode.</p> <p>00:00--Intro</p> <p>00:18--It's Pride Month! This week's question is "What are your thoughts about writing diversity?"</p> <p>05:42--How I get across the finish line.</p> <p>06:32--We're having a special at the end of the month with my friend Whitney, and it's going to be about the benefit of Bookstagram in promoting books!</p> <p>06:57--8 Practices. These are not recommendations, simply what I do.</p> <p>08:01--Set goals and deadlines so progress can be measured.</p> <p>09:05--Develop a routine and prioritize that routine.</p> <p>09:51--Stretches, because keyboarding is hard on the body.</p> <p>10:35--Progressively improve my word count. Before I was only capable of about 500 words; now I'm up to 2k and counting.</p> <p>12:20--Eating healthy food made at home and getting enough sleep.</p> <p>13:45--Read. A way to improve writing is to see how others are doing it.</p> <p>14:37--Know when to throw your goals out the window, and create a bare minimum goal. For me, it's two shitty pages. That is achievable every day.</p> <p>18:26--Try new ways to get things done, and let it be okay if those things don't work. This gives you more possible ways to accomplish your goals.</p> <p>20:55--Book reviews. The first book is Beartown. Here is the link.</p> <p><iframe style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" src= "//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ac&ref=qf_sp_asin_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=authordevind-20&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=150116077X&asins=150116077X&linkId=e828e0935880c800c40e482d3ce1f17f&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true&price_color=333333&title_color=0066c0&bg_color=ffffff" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling= "no"></iframe></p> <p><a title="Amazon US" href="https://amzn.to/3518qzb" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Amazon US</a></p> <p>The second book is Us Against You. Both of these are by Fredrik Backman.</p> <p><iframe style="width: 1