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Have an accountability person.

Jeremy Limpic — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:00:19 +0000

It really does help. I’m not talking about a critique partner though those are good, too. What you need is just someone in your corner (thanks, Casey!) who will keep tabs on you and your goal. Send you an e-mail to ask if you’re making progress. Celebrate your victories by posting lots of these (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) on Facebook.

Make the goal realistic for you and your life

Jeremy Limpic — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:53:31 +0000

I’ve been working out with a personal trainer for a couple of years. I needed to lose some weight (a lot!) and knew I needed the accountability of another person to help me do it. I am almost to my goal and my trainer would like a much faster process than me. He set a CRAZY weight loss goal for December (hello, Christmas cookies) and in my mind I said, it’s not going to happen. And so, it didn’t happen. I did, though, achieve the smaller goal I set for myself. If what I outlined above makes your eyeballs glaze over, cut it in half or one quarter but just get started.

Have an overall dream (I’m going to finish my novel!) but then set smaller goals along the path.

Jeremy Limpic — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:22:29 +0000

For YEARS, I said I was going to finish my book but until I sat down and divided up that elephant into smaller achievable steps, it didn’t happen. What would get you there? Sometimes it’s hard to know HOW to actually do the work of finishing a novel so here’s what I’ve found and I’m not a super-speedy novelist.

Writing 1,000 words a day (when I’m not doing a 12 hour nursing shift) is fairly easy. Writing 2,000 words a day is my general maximum before my brain starts to meltdown. This word count should happen in about three hours (if you stay off social media and generally know what you’re going to write about.) Aim to write 20,000 words/month. Really, that’s just 10 days staying completely on task and getting 2,000 words on the page. Four months of JUST doing 10 days of 2,000 word counts and you have a first draft! Don’t edit yourself. Just get the words on the page. You can’t edit an empty page. And now you have an 80,000 word NYT Bestseller document that will need a lot of work–but you DID IT!

WHEN A CLOSED DOOR CHANGES YOUR LIFE

Jeremy Limpic — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:02:05 +0000

WAITING FOR IT

Jeremy Limpic — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:01:39 +0000

This is me.. Waiting for it! This site will be great!

NEW BEGINNINGS

Jeremy Limpic — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:01:20 +0000

Hello world!

Jeremy Limpic — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:08:10 +0000

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!