Still haven’t finished the book I’m reading for review. This would seem to argue that I’ve been busy and productive, but I don’t feel busy and productive. However, this is irrelevant. I learned long ago that my feelings are of very little practical use.

So, another video tonight. Here’s a short clip from one of my favorite authors, James Scott Bell. He’s talking about a discipline many writers have found valuable — giving yourself a daily quota of words to produce. Like compound interest, this practice yields remarkable results over time.

I have written this way at times in my long life, but it’s been a while. Most of the time, I can write only so much at a sitting. After my small ration of creativity has run out, I end up sitting at the keyboard, frustrated. I am then overcome with guilt and turn to drink and drugs.

Okay, I don’t turn to drink and drugs. But I understand the appeal.

Anyway, I just took up rising early to write, and that’s upped my output considerably. So get off my back, James Scott Bell.