Setting concrete daily goals for your writing project helps. Here are some examples of such goals*:
- Write at least 200 words
- Print the first draft I finished yesterday, read it, and revise it
- Make a new list of project goals and write them on my whiteboard
- Write the first three paragraphs of the general discussion
- Add missing references and then reconcile the citations and references
- Reread chapters 22 and 24 from Zinsser (201) to recharge my writing batteries
- Finish the "Setting Goals" section that I started yesterday
- Brainstorm and then make an outline for a new manuscript
Source: Silvia, P. J. (2007). How to write a lot: A practical guide to productive academic writing. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
