I have to share an experience with you – one that I
consider has changed my ability to get more words written each time I sit down
to work.

It all started at a six-week boot camp put on by
local author, Shannon Mayer. It happened last October until mid-December. Each
week she bullied us into doing what she called writing sprints. She’d set the alarm
for half an hour and we’d put our heads down and just create. We had no time
for editing, or thinking, certainly not when everyone around us was pounding
the keys.

Trust me, we all wanted to have enough words on the
screen so we wouldn’t feel as if we hadn’t accomplished what the rest could do.
Let me tell you, that old challenge routine worked really well.

Amazingly, each week, every one of us managed to get
higher word counts during these crazy sprints. We knew it because she’d listed
our numbers after each time. We got so good at it, that it just became a matter
of us focusing on whatever scene we were working on at the time and… ready –
set – go!

I know it worked for me because I managed to write a
65,000 word novel called Sweet Retaliation – one I want to sell to a publisher –
and I did so under a deadline from December 4th to December 31st.
About killed me – but I don’t believe I could have done that without using my new
sprinting skills.

I find now that I can zip off 500-1,000 words easily
in 30 minutes if know exactly what the scene will be for that next chapter.
It’s given me the ability to aim for and easily achieve my 2,000 words a day.

It’s totally awesome!

Try it.

Set your alarm and write. Better your times every
day.

E-mail a friend, set up a challenge and go for it…