This is a book I got from Helmsley last year, another tool I have decided I can use in my quest to do more writing this year. It is 366 tips, tasks and techniques from your writing career coach. As it is a nice round number I am going to use this weekend to catch…
I got tired of the endless Procrastination and the debilitating self doubt so I have signed up with the Writers Bureau for the Comprehensive Writing Course, I know some people do not like that sort of course but when people are useless like me at getting in gear and need the kick up the butt…
Sometimes I write this blog and I think maybe someone will stumble upon it one day, but given we are in the throes of a pandemic may be the apocalypse I have been reading about for so long is with us and before long we will all be wandering through a dystopian world trying to…
It’s getting near to that time of year again and to try and continue on the success of last year I need to make sure I do enough planning for this years event. I planned last year but still struggled. This year I need to make sure I have done more to plan for it….
Number 3 is about focus, the coach states that you cannot finish anything until you have focus. This is what is needed to make a career out of writing. It is said that many people can have a one hit wonder but only the career writers have focus. I fit into the category of someone…
Well, not long now. Just under two months and then its carnage again as NaNoWriMo starts again. I didn’t do too good last year only managing 12k words. I am picking a different project and different genre this year, and I am positive I will get it done and finished this time….. honest. Will post…
For a long time I have tried joining writers groups on FB and looked for years for something local to me. I have tried a couple and either not felt comfortable or the more common theme is groups that start then peter out very quickly. Joining a group for NaNo years ago has netted a…
When I think of my “writing” career and what I would like to achieve I despair. I have so many ideas and rather than take the time to get them done, I sit on this pc for hours on end and don’t seem to achieve anything. I have this blog, which sits here with a comment every month…
I have been doing NaNo for 12 years and in that time I have managed to finish twice. this year I decided I needed some motivation after watching a video on how to incentivize yourself. I bought a £50 voucher for Amazon and then gave it to my wife. I told her if I finished…