Is this making you procrastinate? Today, I want to address one of the most common issues I hear from writers: their mean inner critic keeps convincing them not to write. Most of us have an inner critic, a judge, a mean voice inside our heads who persuades us to procrastinate far more than we’d like.…
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4 Tips to Help You Start Writing Again After a Break
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My son started school a year ago, so this summer was my first long school summer holiday. I took time off work and enjoyed doing fun mummy-and-son activities! When September came around, and he went back to school, I wanted to start writing again. This felt both exciting and daunting. Getting back into the rhythm of it wasn’t…
How To Use Technology To Get More Writing Done
Today, I want to hone in on one of the 8 categories of my Writers’ Arc tool: the Writing Routine – but with a special focus: Using technology to get more writing done My Backstory I’ve just emerged from a very distracted period of my life. My little boy – nearly 5 – just started…
The Writers’ Arc
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What’s holding you back in your writing? Do you ever feel frustrated that you’re not making the progress you want with your writing, but you can’t figure out why? Today, I’m introducing a brand new segment for my blog that delves into my Writers’ Arc tool. You may remember that the Writers’ Arc is a…
Why Do We Procrastinate?
I’ve recently spent far more time procrastinating than I’m comfortable with. So I was fascinated to hear Oliver Burkeman discuss why we procrastinate on Rangan Chatterjee’s wonderful ‘Feel Better Live More‘ podcast. I can’t resist sharing these tips as I’m sure you’ll find them helpful too. In episode 260, in a conversation about Burkeman’s new…
Three Questions to Improve Productivity
Last month I was feeling really frustrated about my levels of productivity. Everything took longer than expected; I was so distracted. I’d spend ages ruminating on my frustration rather than being constructive. So I was thrilled to discover a simple trick to help me focus better. You might find it helpful too. At the end…
Fun Round-up of Helpful Writing Resources
This is a fun round-up of helpful writing resources and tips that were shared at a recent London Writers’ Meetup. Books If you’re writing a novel, Save the Cat writes the Novel by Jessica Brody was recommended by a couple of novelists, who both said they found it invaluable for developing and structuring their novels. Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert was…
How Many Pages Should I Write Every Day?
A great question was raised at a recent session of the London Writers’ Meetup from an experienced performance poet, but a new screenwriter, which was basically this: How many pages of screenplay should I write every day? We had such a great discussion about it, I thought it would be worth sharing some of the…