My News Years resolution is to write 30 minutes a day and read for an hour. Am I on my way /lit/? A-am I doing good?
have you kept up so far?
>>7568602
yea
>>7568596
You don't have to do either every day, just when you feel like it
I mean, if you like doing both you'll do them often, if not then maybe it's just not your thing, it's no big deal
Read more if you wanna be a fine writer desu
>>7568671
At the beginning, sit your ass down and write can be hard as fuck. Once you take it as a habit you learn to enjoy it and you feel like writing more often imo.
>>7568596
You're doing great little buddy :) I'm sure you'll write a bestseller and be a big famous author one day! You have have to work hard! :-)
>>7568764
Was that New Sincerity? If not, you better go back to fucking reddit, beyotch.
>>7568596
No, don't set a goal like that
start at 5 minutes, add a minute every day until you hit your goal. Same with writing. You need to start by building a habit, you'll burn out if you start like this
>>7568810
exactly, some helpful tips i've come up with:
-Don't force yourself to read. Commit to read 5 pages a day. I swear after three days you'll feel like reading more and after a month or so you should be reading 50-100 pages a day for pleasure
-Remember the average person reads like zero books a year. If you read 5 pages a day, you are 5 pages above the average person
-Read various books at the same time. When I grab a difficult book or one that makes me sleepy I grab another and switch. This should refresh your head. Keep them thematically different. I read economics and fiction.
-It isn't a race. Reading slowly won't make you sleepy that fast. Try to acknowledge what books are for you to read fast and which aren't.
-Buy the physical copies. When you get the books from your own money you'll feel the need to read them to avoid the feel of wasting your money.
-Start with books highly discussed here so you feel motivated to discuss.
>>7570946
>no Pepe
You're doing it wrong.
>there are people on this board who have to make themselves read
>they can't even do more than 2 hours a day
never gonna make it bro
>tfw write for 8 hours at a time
>read a book a week
>still terrible because I write and read genre fiction
