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# 250 Words a Day
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/250-words-day/
- Published: 2017-09-14T09:00:15.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:24:39.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Life, Writing, #DashHouseCom, #wp

![Writing](https://www.dashhouse.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/170914b.jpg)

I’ve always known I’m supposed to write. For close to 50 years, I’ve chickened out. I’ve written tons of articles, hundreds of sermons, and thousands of blog posts, but never a book.

Last year I booked the top floor of my favorite coffee shop in Toronto. I scratched out ideas on post-it notes and made a mess all over the table. By the end of the day I had a fairly decent book proposal together, which was more progress than I’d ever made before. It was a start.

I didn’t do anything for months. Eventually, though, I took the next small step. I started writing 250 words a day, 6 days a week. That goal is so small that I couldn’t ever come up with an excuse for missing it. I’ve kept it up ever since except for holidays. I think I’ve only missed a few days.

Writing a book seemed impossible. Writing 250 words a day seemed like something almost anyone can do.

Years ago I remember reading this paragraph from Charles Swindoll:

> Rather than focusing on the whole enchilada, take it in bite-size chunks. The whole of any objective can overwhelm even the most courageous. Writing a book? Do so one page at a time. Running a marathon? Those 26 plus miles are run one step at a time. Trying to master a new language? Try one word at a time. There are 365 days in the average year. Divide any project by 365 and none seem all that intimidating, do they? It will take daily discipline (a la Proverbs 19:27), not annual discipline. (*[The Quest for Character](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0880702001/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=g4l01-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0880702001&linkId=b94b1d5c090bf720a5a223d06b505ae5&ref=dashhouse.com)*)

So much wisdom here. I wish I’d heeded it sooner.

![250 Words a Day](https://www.dashhouse.com/content/images/v7/dashhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/170914.jpg)