Tee Up Tomorrow’s Writing Today

Oooh boy, I love a happy ending.

It’s so tidy and neat, offering a satisfying sense of completion. Everyone all tucked away, snug in their beds, knowing the worst is behind them and tomorrow is going to be brighter than ever before.

And yet…and yet…when it comes to writing your book, it can support us writers to leave the end undone.

I like to think of it as leaving bread crumbs. So I can find my way back in tomorrow.

That’s why as my How To Write A Book In 30 Days tip of the day, I recommend teeing up tomorrow’s writing, today.

That means that once you’ve finished your writing for the day, whether that’s one hour or 500 words, before you snap your laptop shut and move on to another task, plan where you’ll pick up tomorrow.

1. It’s going to make it so much easier to get writing tomorrow, knowing you’ve already figured out what you get to write about,
2. It presents an opportunity to check in with your outline, beat sheet or whatever notes you’ve used to sketch out your book, and reconnect with your overall story arch and structure so you don’t stray too far from the through line and point of your story.

I like to jot down some notes of where I get to go tomorrow in my story, but I know other authors who actually start their next chapter and stop mid-way.

Personally I find that kind of cliffhanger excruciating—see note about happy endings above—but if it works for you, go for it!

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