7 tricks I use to make myself write.
It’s hard to explain why people like me, who want to write lots of books, sometimes find it so hard to write a sentence. In honour of National Novel Writing…
Category: National Novel Writing Month
Checklist for unsticking my novel.
I’m making progress with my book. More importantly, I’m getting better at working through road blocks systematically. You’d think this would have happened several years ago, but no, the same…
Too many bikes, too few words.
Yesterday, the six of us cycled along the prom. The sun was out, people were in t-shirts and there were banners outside the restaurants announcing their terraces would open from…
Advent week 2: nativity perfection and plans for a new novel.
I’ve just had to negotiate to get my computer back from my children. The younger two are writing a nativity play to be performed remotely by cousins in several households…
Nanowrimo week 4: “Winning” a novel and whether the Crown should be this gripping.
New blog post: “Winning” a novel and whether the Crown should be this gripping.
Nanowrimo Week 2: Consistency gets results and backache.
I thought I wrote more than this every day outside National Novel Writing Month. Clearly not. Because now I have backache. I’m typing this in my kitchen, standing up, my…
Nanowrimo Week 1: I probably can’t afford literary abandon.
I’m trying to find excuses for the organisational disaster this week feels that don’t involve writing and National novel writing month. National Novel Writing Month shouldn’t cause me too many…
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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