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How To Find The Time To Write And Make The Most Of Your Writing Time With Joanna Penn

The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers

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Six Ways to Track Your Writing Progress

Stephen presfield uses project targets on scrivener, which has a progress bar that turns from red to green for each writing session and also for the book as a whole. In james clear's book, atomic habits, he suggests filling a jar with paper clips and putting an empty jar beside it. Many writers use spread sheets or aps to track word counti used a physical wall calendar when i started out, as it keeps creation top of mind. Who doesn't love a sticker? For good work? I'd get a sticker for two thousand plus words in a cession. And if i was under id, just write the word count in a colored pen.

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