The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

Freelance Writers May Benefit From An Accountability Partner

by Anne Wayman on April 17th, 2008

As many of you know, book ending is one of my favorite tools or tricks for actually getting the writing done. Now I’m experimenting with a new-to-me tool.

For the balance of the week, a writer friend and I have agreed to be accountability partners. After I publish this blog I’ll give her a call and tell her I expect to spend just about an hour on a book of my own I’m writing. Except that’s been a problem. While I’m on target with the writing I’m doing for clients and mostly on target with blogging, I’m way behind on my own book!

As it happens, my writing friend is also having trouble carving out time to work on her book. So we’re going to try being accountable to each other about the time we’re spending on our own projects. I’ll let you know how it works.

How do you find time for your own writing projects?

Write well and often,

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