I set myself a bigger reading goal than last year, which got me thinking about the books wanted to try reading. I’ve been guilty over the years of buying books and then not reading them, meaning my bookshelf has become somewhat cluttered with unloved books that I should really get through. Here’s a list of …
Labor gives birth to ideas.Jim Rohn I stumbled across this short but sweet quote by entrepreneur and motivational speaker Jim Rohn while I was looking for some inspiration for this month to help me get back into writing again. Maybe it’s due to the change of season, or maybe it’s because I’m thinking a lot …
Target: 20,000 Achieved: 20,067 Whew - I just about achieved this with a few words to spare! Fortunately, this month I planned my time out well: I knew in advance when I was busy, and that meant I could plan dedicated time slots for writing. What did I learn? I learnt three lessons over the …
Target: 18,200 Achieved: 18,288 I’ve finally ended a week on target! It’s been the first weekend this month I had some free time. I wanted to make time to relax, but I was also very aware of my writing target, so while I managed to crack out a lot during the week, it helped having …
We're over halfway through Camp NaNoWriMo already! For me, July's been going pretty quickly. Out of my 20,000 word goal I've reached over 14,000 words, which doesn't sound like a lot considering where we're at but it's a lot to me so I'm pretty pleased with my progress! Saying that, I still have a lot …
Target: 13,650 words Achieved: 13,285 words After not reaching my target last week, I put in a few more hours over the week mornings and week nights, and managed to catch up quite a bit by the Friday morning! Unfortunately, I had another busy weekend planned: I was out with friends on Saturday, then had …
We've only just past the halfway point of the month, but I've already hit a few points where I've felt a little lull! Here in London we've been having a gorgeous heatwave, and as a result I've been spending a lot of time out and away from my desk, fuelling my renewed fruit pastille lolly …
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Target: 4,550 words Achieved: 4,117 words I started out the week with the knowledge that my weekend ahead was going to be jam-packed, so my plan was to try and get ahead quickly so that I wasn't playing catch up the week after. I wanted to hit the ground running and after smoothing over my …
This is a quote that seems to have nailed itself to the front of my mind for Camp NaNoWriMo. The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.Terry Pratchett It's a simple quote that reminds us to focus on just getting the story down, on kneading out the story points with whatever plot ingredients …
Camp NaNoWriMo is starting again this April, which means we have another reason to pick up our pens and get focused on a new project, or finishing a current work in progress! I've been thinking of ways I can help myself reach my Camp NaNoWriMo goal this coming month and I thought I'd share my …
