I’ve been dreaming about this day all week. It’s the day when I have UNINTERRUPTED writing time. Where I can sit at my desk after walking the dogs and just write. No meetings, no appointments, the school run is later than normal and I have ALL the time to write.
But when it comes to school run time in the evening…I have nothing to show for my day. I have procrastinated. I have scrolled. I have faffed. I have even cleaned the bathroom. But I have done no writing whatsoever.
And this is because my mind told me I didn’t feel like it. But in actual fact I was scared. I was overwhelmed. I was worrying about potential future successes or fearing failure. And I was way out of my comfort zone. It was easier to come up with excuses as to why I hadn’t written than actually starting the writing task for the day.
This went on for a while until I remembered an old trick a published author once taught me when we were in a writing group together. And every time I used this trick - I got writing done.
In this video I talk about this trick and I also share how I put it into action as I finish off the chapter planning for the last two acts of my novel:
