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Maintaining consistency in writing is usually a hard nut to crack for most writers/creatives but it is doable.
If you are struggling to keep going in writing, then try out my top 6 strategies to help you achieve consistency in writing;
1) Get accountability: Accountability is making yourself obligated to someone; it is being answerable to somebody.
Find yourself an accountability partner that will hold you accountable for your writing goals. You can also join a writing support group or create a team with like-minds where you share your writing goals and they get to hold you accountable. When you know you have someone or a group of people you will have to answer to at the end of every day or week for your writing goals, it helps you to be responsible and ignites your will to write at all costs.
2) Feed your mind regularly: To be consistent in writing, you have to be able to generate ideas consistently. If your mind is always blank and unable to come up with ideas, you can't achieve consistency in writing. So, you have to feed your mind regularly by consuming a variety of content like books, social media content, movies, music, etc. When you feed your mind regularly, you will able to produce ideas that help you to be consistent in writing.
3) Define & know your why: To be consistent in writing, you need some sort of motivation to keep you going even on days when you don't feel like it. Knowing your why can serve as a motivation to you. Your why is the purpose of your writings. Your why is your driving force, something that will keep you going even when things get hard.
So, today, ask yourself, why do you have to write?
4) Set realistic goals: Break down your writing goals into smaller goals. Set goals that you can achieve easily and not goals that freak you out whenever you think about them... When you set realistic goals, it motivates you to write which helps you maintain consistency in writing.
5) Establish a writing routine: A writing routine is a series of actions to be followed regularly. To maintain consistency in writing, you have to make writing a part of your life, something that feels like a normal thing to do and not just something you do when you are inspired or bored. And having a writing routine helps you with this. You can establish a writing routine by having a series of things you do before you write every time like reading, playing music, drinking tea, meditating, etc. You can establish a writing routine by picking a time of the day to always write, setting a particular duration for all your writing, writing on a certain number of days during the week, and writing in a particular environment...
6) Be in the right environment: Environment matters. The people around you can have a direct influence on your mind and push you to achieve your goals. When you are in an environment of fellow writers just like you are, be it online or physical and you see how they always write and share their content, it drives you to be consistent in writing too. After all, if they can, then why not you?
I hope this helps you in building consistency in Writing.
