PLAN WITH ME | December 2018 | How I plan my writing & blogging content

As this is the second month’s PLAN WITH ME that I’ve done - in this video I look back at how I did during November. Did I stick to my plan? Did I create all the videos I’d written down in my notebook and did I finally write and send out my essay? Spoiler: yes I did. But I didn’t manage everything.

For December my content is going to focus on food, baking and books as we hurtle towards the festive season and as we head towards January I’ll be writing about blogging and online creativity more.

I also look at what I did from a business point of view during November. I added tiers to my Patreon offering and signed up to a few affiliate link companies.

PLAN WITH ME | November 2018 | Planning for writing, creativity & productivity

During September and October my writing & creativity productivity increased despite having a new puppy to tame. My blog stats doubled and I started a number of projects including my YouTube channel.

However, whilst writing a round up of how my writing projects had gone during the month of October I realised that I still hadn't got over the fear when it came to writing my essays and my novel. My head was full of ideas, sentences, projects so I decided to do a brain dump/mind map of everything that was in my head to do with YouTube, my essay on creative confidence (that I send out via Patreon) and my novel. This mind map then led to me writing the specific details of each task in my notebook.

As with my video on Planning My Writing Month it was an incredibly simple task - but also effective. Just this week I have crossed off a number of items off my list including the feared essay!

Watch the video for more…

PLANNING MY WRITING MONTH: How I use my Lemome notebook as a writer & blogger

I’ve tried so many notebook systems to get my writing and blogging organised and to increase my productivity and struggled each time.

Since September I've been using this system. This is so simple yet it has increased my productivity hugely over the last two months - despite having more projects on the go and a new puppy in the house!

In this video, I show you what my current monthly and weekly writing and blogging planner setup looks like and how I'm using my Lemome notebook to help organise my writing business and get more work done.

(The video is based on this post: How I’ve Organised My Writing Week so I’m no Longer all Over the Place.)

As I wrote about in this post: Why I’m Creating a YouTube Channel I’ve now joined the YouTube generation. Please come over and see me over there. I’d love it if you’d subscribe to my channel.

ITEMS USED IN THE VIDEO

Lemome Bullet Journal: Grid

Staedtler Triplus Fineliner

Autumn Trees Washi Tape

Binder Clips (similar to)

Giant Paperclips (similar to)

Prompt Cards

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