Tag: planning
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Post NaNoWriMo
With November over, the official NaNoWriMo challenge is complete but my novel is far from over. I’ve been spending time thinking about how to keep the momentum. I still have lots to write and there’s lots of rewriting of the words that I have written as well. Just after I hit 50,000 words, I was… Read more
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Body Doubling My Way to 50,000 Words
I just passed the middle of the month and I’m sitting at over 35,000 words. I’m happy with that although I know I need to step it up if I’m going to reach my personal goal of 80,000 (yes, I know the NaNoWriMo goal is 50,000 and I’m on track to a successful month). I… Read more
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This Week’s Theme – Writing While I’m Still Planning
It’s hard to believe that I’m just over a week into NaNoWriMo! I had been feeling like I wasn’t meeting my goals and was disappointed in myself for days that I didn’t write. As I got ready to write this post, I realized that it has been a very productive week and I wasn’t acknowledging… Read more
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And in the Blink of an Eye…
… Six weeks have passed and I am trying to get back to routines. I decided to take a temporary position for five weeks, thinking it would be a good opportunity to get out of the house for a bit. When I applied, I had only really wanted part time hours as I wanted to… Read more
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Another Deadline Day!
My streak has increased to 4! I have now uploaded a short story each month for four months on Deadlines for Writers. You can learn more about how impactful this has been to me, check out my previous posts – One Deadline Started it All and It’s Deadline Day! Each month we get a prompt,… Read more
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NaNoWriMo
I’ve decided to participate in NaNoWriMo this year. If you haven’t heard of NaNoWriMo, it’s a yearly challenge to write 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days during the month of November. To put that in perspective, it’s almost 1,700 words per day for 30 days. When I’m focused and just freewriting without worrying… Read more
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Retreat Reflections
My first ever DIY Writing Retreat is over and I’m very positively surprised how much I got done, how quickly the time went and how much I enjoyed the weekend! When we last talked on Friday, I had decided what should be part of the day and had a template schedule. Before I went to… Read more
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What do You Need Right Now? (AKA Time for Some Tough Love)
I wish my title was, “How I Turned it all Around & Am Getting So Much Done”. If you read my last blog, Chevrons of Doom, you know I’ve been struggling to get things done or see results from all the work I feel like I’m putting in. Each day as I continue to >… Read more
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Chevron of Doom
It’s funny. Since I haven’t been working, I feel like I’ve been busier than I was when I was working. Although I feel like I’m doing a lot and staying busy, I just don’t have a sense that things are getting done. Take yesterday for example. I had 10 things on my task list and… Read more
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Struggling For Balance
Last week marked four weeks since pressing the reset button and having the freedom to choose where I am spending my time. As I discussed in the So Many Thoughts, So Little Time, I had identified that July was to be the month that I didn’t make any long term decisions and used the time… Read more