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Diary of a Writing Project. Day 150: dealing with multiple writing projects

That being said, not letting life interfere with writing is dang hard when you’re a parent of young children.

By chasing many rabbits at the same time, you catch none. Or something like that.

Same goes for working at multiple writing projects. By doing little everywhere, it’s hard to see progress on anything.
It’s then easy to get discouraged. Or start to feel overwhelmed.

How to manage multiple projects is quite simple: be discipline, schedule writing time, leave the new ideas alone in a notebook, keep writing and, the most important thing of all… the « don’t give up » one!

Easier said than done.

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Diary of a Writing Project. Day 145 to 149: Writing Community

Writing is a lonely business.

How beautiful!

It is quite lovely to be a writer, especially when you simply dislike leaving your house, for any given reason.

But, guess what, humans need human connections. Plus, it is very true what they say: no one can create in a vacuum.
When you’re working from home and taking care of the kiddos, it can get lonely after a while.

Since I avoid almost all the Socials, I rely heavily on AuthorBook and BookTube.
And recently, I’ve discovered the live write-in. And I looove it.

Writing time and writing sprints

It’s a great productivity thing, the write-ins. And when I catch the live write-in’s, it’s an occasion to connect with other writers from around the world. Literally.

Since the write-ins are then posted on the author’s channel, I sometimes watch them again, in order to get motivated and to be more productive.

Writing sprints is something I dislike doing by myself.

With other people, even if they are on the other side of a screen (and on the other side of the world sometimes), it feels more like working in a coffee shop but in the compagny of writers and without the expenses and the whirring sound of the barista.

It helps me find the motivation to dedicate two hours in a row solely to writing. It gets me in the « zone » even when I’m stressed about other things. A bit like when I would go to writing class, back in my University days.
Yes, I had this deadline, this teamwork thing to research, but while in writing class, I had no choice but to dedicate all my attention to one thing only (it was a time of no smartphones, a time where laptops weight a ton, a time without YouTube).

Here’s some of the write-in I try to attend to as much as my day job allows. See you there, maybe, dear writer firends?

Thanks for reading !