Hello lovely creatives It’s hard to believe that it’s only 20 weeks to Christmas. As we're halfway through 2018 this is a good time to refresh your writing goals. I try to do this every quarter to stay on track. Here are 10 tips to kick off...
We all benefit from being more time effective and cost efficient. Here are ten tips on how to make your writing day run smoother. Know what you are going to write before you sit at your desk. If you’re working on a novel this can...
I'm at the slightly insane Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity where advertising agencies and creatives gather annually. I'm here attending sessions on topics ranging from diversity, with British Vogue's new black editor-in-chief Edward Enninful and Thandie Newton (who was exceptional), to data privacy, the shattering of consumer trust...
I'll always remember one writing course when I talked about how much writing is rewriting. How hard it can be. How rare it is that your first draft is flawless. There were some surprised murmurs, some nodding heads. ‘Don’t worry,’ I said. ‘Just give yourself permission...
Yesterday I re-read this. I won’t tell you who wrote it, so don’t look beyond the first paragraph. Just see if it resonates. Have you ever felt this way about your work? ‘The more important virtue for a writer, I believe, is self-forgiveness. Because your writing...
I’ve just landed in post-royal-wedding bliss. England is as green as green can be and hawthorn blossoms float like clouds along the dense hedgerows. I was up early walking through the fields with my mum’s Jack Russell, Ella or ‘little lovetty’, as Mum calls her...
Is it your heart – are you afraid of what you might find? Or your head? Does it think you don’t have time? 10 tips on how to stop the block If you feel overwhelmed, think small. Isolate one thing and write about that for 10...
Staying motivated on a long project requires a particular sort of grit. There are strategies that help you hang in there for the long game. When I had my mini writing retreat at Bundanon, I was looking back over my ‘writing journal’. These are the notes...
I often wonder why so few people actually finish their writing projects. Or, why other people have great plans but don’t act on them. Any creative project has 3 distinct phases and each one requires you to harness a particular energy within yourself. Stage #1 –...
1. Write them down. Dr. Gail Matthews, a psychology professor at Dominican University in California, did a study on goal-setting with 267 participants. She found that you are 42 percent more likely to achieve your goals just by writing them down. 2. Practise daily goal setting....