Weeknotes – S04E31 – Remembering What Works

Summary: I feel like I’ve come up with a better structure for my writing week and that I’ve settled back into a better routine again. I should remember the lesson that trying to write every day really doesn’t work for me and actually ends up being very counter-productive.   Monday: My brain had been ticking […]

Weeknotes – S04E30 – Taking the Weekend Off

Summary: A bit hit and miss this week. I was low on motivation and decided to give myself the whole weekend off from the to-do list, but did make some good progress on various things at other times during the week.   Monday: I logged my planned goals on the UWR online session page and […]

Productive Procrastination!

My current main writing goal is to get my second novel in shape to submit to my publisher in September. In May, I finished editing the second draft and sent it to eight lovely people for feedback, which I received back by the end of June. I took a few days off work at the […]

Weeknotes – S04E29 – Intermittent Progress

Sunday:   Intermittent good progress this week, interspersed with a total lack of energy and motivation. I’m hoping to be able to re-establish a better routine next week for making proper in-roads into my novel revision.   Monday: I started out by clearing my email, tidying up my desk and consolidating my lists. Then I […]

Weeknotes – S04E28 – Writing Every Day

Summary: My editing project for the second novel went more slowly than I’d planned, but I still worked on it every day this week, so I’m pleased with progress overall (though I’m not entirely sold on the idea of focusing on logging any number of words every day just because). I also really enjoyed working […]

Weeknotes – S04E27 – Camp NaNoWriMo begins!

Summary: It’s been a great start to the second half of the year! I’ve cleared all but one of my short projects off my list (and worked out what I’m doing with the last one) to make way for the grand novel revision project. And I’ve processed a lot of great feedback on the novel […]

Weeknotes – S04E26 – Accountability Helps!

Summary: This week was very much a lesson in accountability and scheduling. I had two retreat days where I wanted to get specific tasks done but didn’t really feel like it on the day. But I stated my goals on two separate online communities and that helped me achieve them, even though I wasn’t feeling […]

Weeknotes – S04E24 – Just Another Manic Monday

Summary: Monday has definitely become my most productive writing day, thanks to a great online writing retreat schedule that fits really well with how I like to structure my day.   Monday: I stated my goals on the UWR online session post, which were to continue drafting Suffering and the WIP story, and also to […]