Catégorie : Writing Tips for Parents

Writing a novel is a challenge in itself. With kiddos around, the challenge often becomes a struggle.
Writings Tips for Parents on how to stay motivated, how to overcome stress, how to create a writing routine, how to write while working full-time.

Diary of a writing project. Day 175: Bright sunshine, yummy Spring – seven of fourteen –

Now is really not the time for a writing meltdown!

Is it the over-tiredness? Is it the sun, rising so beautiful that it seems nothing can no longer be beautiful?
Or the gigantic pandemic going the size of titans?

Today is a Sunday in March.

And every word I write makes me wanna cry all the sadness in the world.

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Diary of a writing project. Day 170: slow work in progress is still progress – two of fourteen

Woke up at 2 am. Why? Oh so many pandemic reasons…

Fortunately enough, I had an event to attend too.

A 4 am live write-in sprint time with Skye Dragon Mama, aka author S. D. Hegyes.

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Diary of a writing project. Day 137-138: it’s not working… now what?

It’s bad. Every sentence is shit. Every chapter is a « delete me now before it’s too late ».
Yes?
Nooooooooooooooooooo problem.
Write anyway, power through, write, write, write.

Ok. See, that’s not… working… for… me?

Power through.

That’s what I’ve read.

In countless blog post and craft book about writing, it all goes down to this: power through.

It’s bad. Every sentence is shit. Every chapter is a « delete me now before it’s too late ».

Yes?

Nooooooooooooooooooo problem.

Write anyway.

Ok. See, that’s not… working… for… me?

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