The writing gets done
Despite all the problems associated with getting writers block on a regular basis, I do notice that the work eventually gets done. Why? Because I’m really starting to believe that I am a writer. That I can do this. Now, I know I’m not going to be a literary genius but I’ve got feedback on […]
Stuck again?
So I finished NaNoWriMo on 27th November. Yay! Happy days. I got an email from the NaNo team about what to do after the 30 days. I’m glad I got it because I was starting to think I would never go back and write again. They seemed to know that I needed a push. So […]
Music and sleepiness make me write faster
This is the weirdest thing I discovered while trying (I have to use that word) to write a first draft for a second and third novel idea (I started the second novel got bored and started the third idea – me like this one). I would turn up at the pc in the morning and, […]
Procrastination is a fickle thing!
So obviously I should have been writing posts for this blog but when you have a procrastinator writing a blog about procrastination, well, really what did you expect? I thought I didn’t have anything to write so the first week went by and I thought I don’t want to bog down anyone with too many […]
In its own time
Writer’s block struck when I least expected. Just when I thought I was on a roll with the second draft I got flu and while nursing a sore head, throat etc… the muse left me for about two weeks. I eventually put myself back into the chair and opened the last draft I’d saved. Still […]
Book an hour for yourself
In your diary, right now, book an hour where you will write. It’s a date. It’s your hour. I book my time and try to turn up. I notice that I sometimes get there late but I say to myself – stay and write. Even if I’m scared of writing. The first few times […]
Switch off ‘Doubt’
Inside my mind, before I write my novel, I sometimes get an intensive feeling of fear, self doubt, worry, anxiety. I can’t name it completely. I feel it in my chest and it sometimes stops me from writing completely. It’s writer’s block that seems to stem from insecurities inside me, from my fear of failure, […]
Am I stuck or just scared of writing?
So the quest continues into my inability to write my novel. Is it merely my perfectionist self that says things to me like: ‘You can’t do that’ or ‘Do it right, if at all’. Or am I stuck because the idea is bigger than me at the moment. Stuck to find my characters motivations in […]
Free write for 5 minutes
Free write for 5 minutes. You know what to do. Pick up a pen and a writing pad. Set a timer if you have to. Anything. The sky. The room. Thoughts. Honestly anything. Do it now. Write something. Before you read another blog. P.S. That’s the reason that this first post is very short. P.P.S. […]