Boring Consistency Will Determine Your Writing Success

Do these same things every day regardless of how boring they are.

Photo by Nick Morrison on Unsplash

Doing the same thing every day matters, especially if you want to grow as a writer, build an audience, or find clients.

If you want to compound your success, do the fundamentals. Learn how to achieve boring consistency. Doing the little things will help you achieve long-term success.

It may not look glamorous, but most things never do in the beginning. You have to work at it.

Here’s what boring consistency looks like as a freelance writer.

Writing Every Day

Writing every day is challenging. I don’t care what the most prolific writers say — writing every day is hard.

Building a writing habit is hard because you’re trying to figure out:

• What to write
• How to write it
• If it’s good enough

I encourage writers to get started without worrying about the results. Write about what you learned yesterday. Write about what you want to accomplish. Write about a story/lesson you heard from a friend.