The below guide on how to start a book is part of Glamour's Smart Goals series, which explores reasonable, quantifiable, and—crucially—sane ways to embark on self-improvement objectives you'd like to ...

Imagine you’re at a desk staring at a blank document on your computer. You’ve written zero words, but your goal is to write…70,000. The days go by. Days become months, months become years, but you’re ...