Nicolas Cole argues that every day you either build the writing habit or practice not writing. There's no neutral ground: skipping writing means reinforcing the opposite habit and moving away from your goals. He treats it as a daily binary choice that shapes long-term success.
Every day that you don't write, you practice not writing. This clicked for me right out of college. I got my first job as a writer, and I really realized if I wanted to make a living doing this thing, I was going to have to prioritize it no matter what. I was going to have to figure it out, and if I didn't, then every day that went by, I was going to be practicing the opposite, which is I'm practicing not writing. I'm practicing not achieving my goals. So, I love this little reframe. This is something that I pass along to every single writer in all of our different writing programs. Every day that goes by, you are practicing one of two things: building the habit of writing, or you are practicing not writing.
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