Write Now! Workshop Podcast: Write A Book, Change The World

Chances are you own at least one blank journal. People have probably been giving them to you as gifts for years. Now you finally have a use for one of them! :-)There are at least four reasons why creating a Done Journal will help you in your writing career. For one, it shows the IRS or other taxing authority that you are not a hobbyist. You are actively pursuing a writing career and are officially in business.But on a more personal level, recording everything you get done every day in your writing business will help you feel you actually achieved something - especially as you approach the end of the year each year. You can scan back over the entries and notice how much you got done! Good on you!What you write can also help you plan for the future. What you've done and how long it took in the past will give you a basis for estimating how long things will take in the future. How long does it take you to write your average first draft? How long to get to a final, publishable draft? How long does it take your edi