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Since I have been writing my novel again in late October, I have decided to use NaNoWriMo to keep writing the story and see where it goes when NaNoWriMo ends on 30November. Even though the universal target word count is 50k for NaNoWriMo, I have adjusted mine to be 15-25k because it is my first ever novel and NaNoWriMo.

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The Lazy Susan method

I was in the phase where I listen to The Tim Ferriss Show again. Most podcast episodes focus on specific topics around the guests. In one episode, David Eagleman suggested the Lazy Susan method, in which Walt Whitman used for his writing projects.

Basically, choose a project that you want to work on. As your creative energy or focus is deteriorating, you can take a break and choose a different project that you want to work on. It seems that I have been using this method to juggle writing my newsletter and novel recently.

Celeste Tsang 9d Since I am participating in NaNoWriMo to get the words in my first novel, I am trying my best to write every day. I am not aiming for writing 50k words because I am not used to writing so much every day. Normally, on a good day, I would write at least 1k for my novel and write my newsletter afterwards. Or I could try to reverse the order. So my answer is: it depends on my energy and mood! 1

If you ever feel like your brain is getting foggy, take a break and then work on another project—the one that you want to work on the most. If a deadline is hunting you, you can try what authors like Chris Vox do—work on multiple writing sprints when you have the energy to so.

The author who managed to write the most is Brandon Anderson. The author with the craziest routine is probably Haruki Murakami, which involves getting up at 4am, writing for a couple hours and then run or swim in the afternoon, every day. There are a great spectrum of writing routines that you could try and revise to your own liking.

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