How I Started Writing Every Day

My newest book, Party of Two, came out last month. With this book, just like the four I wrote before it, once I started writing a draft, I worked on it - at least a little bit - every day until I was done. I've tried a variety of rituals and schedules and word-count goals: When I did NaNoWriMo, it was 1,667 words a day. Sometimes it's 1,000 words a day. Once, on a tight deadline I aimed for 2,000 words a day. Sometimes, when I'm having a particularly hard time (like, for instance, now), I handwrite and don't track my word count.

But the number of words doesn't matter. What matters is that I've spent that time with my work. The most important thing, for me, is to keep at it, day by day.