Write 1–4 Stories a Month: the Macro in the Micro

Yesterday I reiterated the first Lifewriting for Writers principle: write a sentence a day. Boom. Simple

The point of the second principle is to “write 1–4 stories a month.” The typical response is either:

1. “My ideas are for novels/screenplays”
2. “I don’t have that many ideas”
3. “I don’t have enough time”

I’ll answer all of those. But to be clear, this notion is a synthesis of ideas from Ellison, Heinlein, and Bradbury. The psychology under it is to…