Melanie Rockett

Some days 100 words will be easy. Some days every sentence will feel like pulling a piano uphill. Both kinds of days count.

Keep a notebook—or your phone notes—where you can reach it. Twenty words written while waiting still counts as writing.

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The goal of a writing sprint is not brilliance. It is a movement. Once you are moving, you may discover you want to keep going.

Many experienced writers have early work that makes them wince. That is not a scandal. It is evidence that writing improves through revisions.

The little critic on your shoulder is much less powerful when you tell it the assignment is to write badly. It has nowhere to go with that.

You can improve clumsy sentences. You can reorder a messy chapter. You can get help with a rough manuscript. But first, there has to be something there.

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Try this: set a timer for 10 minutes and write the worst version of the scene, chapter, post, or blurb you can manage. No editing allowed. Wait until tomorrow to see what survives.

Some days you will not eat the frog you planned. Eat a different frog. Progress does not require perfect obedience to a to-do list. Progress = ONE frog a day.

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Eating frogs means getting rid of a task that you dread. Choose one thing you have been avoiding and swallow it ASAP … just get it done and enjoy the rest of your day.

Every email needs one clear job. Welcome a reader. Share a tip. Tell a story. Recommend a book. Invite a click. Do not cram five jobs into one message.

Just eat ONE frog a day. Your frog may not be writing. It may be updating your author bio, answering an email, choosing keywords, or learning one tiny marketing task. Pick one … swallow it whole.

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My favourite productivity trick is not complicated: choose one avoided task and do it before the day is over. The relief is wildly disproportionate to the effort.

One useful email is good. A thoughtfully planned series of useful emails is better. It keeps working while you are busy writing or living your life.

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Think of an email sequence as a conversation, not a megaphone. What would help a new reader? What would make them want to hear from you again?

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