Productivity 101: how to keep writing when you’re stuck.
I am addicted to watching other people’s writing journeys on Youtube. These are the lessons I discovered about productivity while I was procrastinating.
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If you’re going to start a novel, November is probably the time to do it. (National Novel Writing Month)
When National Novel Writing Month began, the name was jokey hyperbole. 21 people met daily in a cafe to see if it was possible to write a short book (50,000…
Ian Rankin and editing
“This is where the magic happens. This is where the magic happens. It doesn’t feel like magic at the moment. It feels like hard work with a lot of hard…
Thoughts from the tired
I don’t remember learning much at primary school other than reading, writing and how a mung bean grows. Today, my seven-year-old started up a conversation about the trials of finding…
Scheduling, writing and fun.
It was my friend, Sarah, who introduced me to the idea of scheduling things I wanted to do, like writing, into my week. It seemed incredibly indulgent at a time…
Clean feet, interviews and 100 years of the vote.
I have different kinds of love for each type of writing I do. Developing a novel is like parenting: you’re bringing something into being that wouldn’t otherwise exist, but there…
A relationship under pressure: reading and me.
Confession: I spent most of my teenage years in my bedroom reading, but in the last decade, I’ve finished more biographies and books on writing than novels. (Before that, as…
Thirty-one extra people in the Lake District and a villain I now like
Last week was special. I have seven younger siblings and as there are thirty-three husbands/wives/partners and children, it’s rare even those in the UK are all in the same place…
