Confessions of a Reluctant Planner
I’m not a natural planner, but the alternative is no contract so I’ve had to learn. I thought it might be helpful to share some thoughts on how to plan when planning is not your natural state.
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Do you Love or Hate your First Draft?
The first draft is about the joy of writing. It doesn’t matter if you are a discovery writer, a panster, or a plotter or something in the middle. This is the phase of the whole publication journey when you write the story.
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How I Manufacture My Motivation to Write
What I’ve learned after years of standing on stages telling other people how to find their spark is that there’s no universal lightswitch that fires everyone up in the same way. Read about how you might find your drivers to figure out how to motivate yourself.
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Motivation Overload
What is motivation overload for an author? It’s not writer’s block, it’s something else!
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Writing Habits That Keep Me Productive
I’ve realised over time that the key to staying productive isn’t about forcing output but staying connected to that joy. Here are a few habits that help me stay productive, positive and mostly sane.
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The Process of Thought to Page
Can I explain that feeling? When you put your hands down and the image and subconscious thoughts in your head just appear on paper.
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Why Every Writer Needs a Support Team
Support networks are not built overnight, and they are not built passively. The more consistently you show up and invest in other people, the more naturally that support comes back to you over time.
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Learning to Celebrate the Slow Wins
Writing is one of those odd pursuits where progress sometimes feels invisible. In other areas of my life, wins are much easier to recognise because they’re measured in hitting targets and seeing tangible results, often at speed. Writing is completely different.
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Celebrating Wins
Winning in writing, to me, feels a bit like a cool drink on a hot day. It’s the small achievements, the quiet successes, that pull me through when I think I’m struggling.
