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I measure my writing progress by how much I've completed in one writing session. For example, writing five new sentences of a new section, plus adding some key words to write about ater. Or setting a timer and freewriting on your topic for five minutes. Finally, writing a list of topic sentences that fit with your topic. Thoroughly completing any one of these exercises would be enough for one writing session.