Last night, I wrote nine pages. Since they were hand-written, it will not be very many pages when typed into a word document.

But you know what? I'm pretty proud of myself for getting that much written.

Writing little bits of whatever you can, whenever you can do it, is better than not writing for months on end.

Writing, no matter how bad you think you wrote are, is an accomplishment within itself.

You got some done. It might not have been as much as you would have liked, but you at least you got something written.

Standards can get in the way of writing if they're too demanding. Putting off writing because you're afraid the words you put down on paper aren't going to be good enough hinders the creative process and your growth as a writer. You burn out quickly if you expect yourself to write a lot of words in a small time frame.

It's like playing a video game. You might skip a level thinking you can just go on to the next and be fine, but without the stumbling blocks and challenges of the previous level, you realize that you can't beat this level without beating the other level.

It's okay if you're not at the level of writing you want to be at, you just have to get past the level you're at.