I was surprised by how much of these steps we've already been doing - like making BDS a regular habit, limiting them to weekdays, making it a moderate daily priority, keeping them brief, being comfortable when you write, etc.
There are a couple things thought that Boice mentions that I would like to try out. He suggests doing your writing is the AM because we're fresh and alert. While we do BDS in class around noon, I think I might try doing my BDS on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the morning. Yesterday, I did mine in the evening and I was definitely drained from a busy day already and I was not looking forward to doing one more assignment before I could fully relax for the evening. Because of this, it felt like a chore in a way. By doing it at the start of the day, I think it would be much better. I know I could easily fit it into my morning routine too without waking up earlier since Boice suggests we don't let it become an inconvenience by changing our routine.
The other idea that I want to try out is to "limit bds to clearly defined goals" (106). Since I've started my project, I have had rather general goals, like to just keep with it and continue the story and advance through the outline. So, starting today, I'm going to make a more specific and narrow goal for my BDS.
One last final thing that I would like to try out, "plan to end each BDS with freewriting about what you will write the next time" (107). I'll give this a try today and see how it helps my momentum for the following day.
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