I agree with writing every day, setting up a consistent schedule is definitely very important for the long run. I usually try to shoot for 1-2k words per day, and usually that's only during a couple hours in the evening.
My goal was 1k per day for the first 30-40k of this manuscript. But as I'm nearing the end (and getting impatient), I'm writing as much as 5k per day (only on weekdays, I break at weekends because burnout). It's stuff that will need heavily, heavily edited because clearly I'm not editing as I go to churn out 5k a day. But it's working to get that first rough, rough draft down.
I aim for a monthly target, rather than weekly. I am saddled with a day job as well as other interests, so some weeks I do very little, which can be disheartening.
I set myself a target at the start of each month (using last month and my diary of the upcoming month as a guide) and then record what I complete every day (if I do anything) in a Excel spreadsheet. That way I can see at a glance where I am and bizarrely, I find filling it in actually motivates me.
This month my target is to edit 100 pages of my WIP - and I'm almost there with a week to go
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