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Start small. It’s more important to show up every day for this job you love, than to put pressure on yourself to write thousands of words, or write for five hours straight. I recommend building up a regular ‘worklike’ habit by beginning with fifteen minutes a day. And coming to the act with zero expectation other than to write solidly for that fifteen minutes. Here is where you judge your ‘success’. The simple fact that you did it. #writingpractice #writingmotivation #authortube #writingproblems #writingcoach #writingadvice #writingtips #authortuber #writersblock #writingtip #writemore #writenomatterwhat #writerssupportingwritersHow do you talk about your writing when you’re not writing? Are you moaning or complaining? If so, then what will induce you to ‘turn up for work’? Imagine that, as much as you’d like to be a writer, your writing is calling for you too. #writingpractice #writingmotivation #authortube #writingproblems #writingcoach #writingadvice #writingtips #authortuber #writersblock #writingtip #writemore #writenomatterwhat #writerssupportingwritersWhen writing is your job, you show up and get words down, and get paid for it. But, in order to make writing your job, you have to show up and get those words down! Remember, you can choose where and when to write, just make sure you’re writing! #writingpractice #writingmotivation #authortube #writingproblems #writingcoach #writingadvice #writingtips #authortuber #writersblock #writingtip #writemore #writenomatterwhat #writerssupportingwritersCategories
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Monthly Archives: June 2013
What’s the problem with being up a mountain with no phone signal or orienteering skills?
It has begun to rain. The wind comes in cycles – building, building – so that at its peak my body wobbles and I contemplate the steepness below me: images of tumbling headfirst down lumps and bumps, through sharp grass. … Continue reading
Posted in Essay, Memoir, Travel
Tagged Adventure, advice, fear, Feeling, Gabriela, Gabriela Blandy, Health, How to, Laurence Sterne, Memoir, North Wales, Thought, travelling, truth, Wales, Writing, writing advice, Writing process
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Worry – what’s the worst thing you can imagine?
The year I turned eleven, I joined all-girl choir that my music teacher ran. It was called The Julia Singers. We met once a week for rehearsals and, each term, put on a show. There’d be a tea party beforehand … Continue reading
Posted in Essay, Memoir
Tagged advice, Apprehension, Autobiography, comfort, fear, Fear of Public Speaking, Gabriela Blandy, Memoir, nerves, Public speaking, stagefright, worry, Writing
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