1. Get a writing gym partner. Find someone who’s going to care whether or not you show up to write. Here on She Writes you can find someone in a heartbeat. Here’s what you set up with your partner:

•Permission to send them emails when you start writing and when you sign off.

•Permission not to respond to every email or you probably won’t have a partner for too long.

The point is not that they respond and cheerlead you. The point is to be accountable to someone…