Category: The Writing Process

The Writing Process

Writing Discipline | Exciting News

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Hello, everyone! Sorry I’m a little late with this post! I just started school, and I’ve been pretty busy.

Today I’m going to talk about writing discipline, and then later on I’ll share some exciting news!

Here’s the Deal

Sometimes, you just don’t want to do it. You don’t want to wake up early, get ready, and go to work. You don’t want to get up and go to school. You don’t want to get your computer and work on your book or story.

Here’s the thing: everybody has those “off” days. Days where you just can’t do it. When you feel like you just can’t get the inspiration and motivation to write. Well, good news, friends! I’ve got some tips for you!

Tips and Tricks

  1. Take a day off. One day won’t hurt that much. Especially if you don’t have a deadline. If you do, you could at least take a couple of hours to yourself.
  2. Spark your creativity by reading this post I wrote.
  3. Don’t work as long as you usually do. If you usually work for a couple of hours, try only one hour. My motto is: If you can’t do it well, then don’t do it. If you make yourself write, it won’t sound right, and it might not be correct grammar and spelling.
  4. Learn to love writing. One way to do this is to write in a journal every morning or night. Think of a topic, and just write down every thought that has to do with that subject.

Steps to Create Discipline

  1. Set up a time to write every day. You could set a reminder or alarm on your phone to help you remember.
  2. Write somewhere you won’t be distracted.
  3. Decide how long you’ll write each day.
  4. Have a trial run to make sure that the time you decided on isn’t too long or not long enough.
  5. Set up a place to keep track of how long and when you write. If you’re a bullet journalist, then you could keep track of it in your bullet journal.
  6. Ready, set, write! Make sure that you be consistent and write every day, if you can.
  7. Set up a time to journal or write about a specific topic every day. I have a book full of writing prompts, and I like to do it right after I get up every day.

Discipline is very important. If you slack off for even one day, you probably won’t be very motivated to write the next day.

A Few Other Things…

First of all, September is a very important month for me. And here’s why…

I’ve been bullet journaling for a year! I can’t believe it! Now, please keep in mind that I didn’t bullet journal every single day. There were some days that I just didn’t have time to bullet journal. But I always made sure I got caught up.

This means two things.

One, this is my last month in my first bullet journal. At the beginning of October, I’ll be moving to a new journal!

Two, to celebrate, I’m going to start a series of posts all about (you guessed it!) bullet journaling! The posts ahead are going to be filled with tips and tricks and fun pages for you to try out! So make sure you stick with me for new and fun posts!

Alright, last but not least, I’m afraid I’m not going to be able to get a post out every week. I need time to adjust to my new school schedule, and adjust to the new curriculum as well. I will still post, just not as regularly as I usually do. It’ll probably be every other week. And this is only temporary, until I get used to everything. Thank you for understanding!

I’m not sure when I will start my new series, but it will be soon!

Do you have writing discipline? Do you need to develop writing discipline? Do you have any extra tips? How long have you been bullet journaling? Tell me in the comments!

Thanks for reading! Happy writing!

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. Psalm 127:1 ESV

The Writing Process

The Writing Process

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Today I am going to cover the benefits of being an author and how I go through the writing process.

 

The Benefits of Being an Author

  1. You can chose where the story goes. Does he take the hall on the left or the hall on the right? What happens next?
  2. It’s an adventure. There are no limits.
  3. If you decide to actually publish your books, then you could be a millionaire! Not right away, of course.

 

The Differences between an Actual Author, and Writing for Fun

There is a huge difference between writing a story that you might actually publish one day, and just writing for fun.

At first, when I started writing my story, I thought that this was just for fun and would end up like the other stories I’d started: unfinished. But, a couple of weeks ago, when I was letting my mom read it, I realized that I wanted to share it with other people. I wanted to let other people read it and be amazed at my work. So, I have started the process of going back through, and changing things that need to be changed, and correcting grammar mistakes.

 

For Real

  1. Test Run

If you plan on actually publishing your story, I think it would be wise to do a trial run first. Start writing, and see if you think you could go on with the story. Do you like it? Do you need to tweak the main idea to something you would really enjoy writing about?

  1. Plan

Plan your story. Get the main idea of what should happen throughout the story, and then plan chapter by chapter. Plan a chapter, then write it and plan the next.

  1. Take a Break

After you’ve written your full story (which may take a while, but that’s okay), take a break. Sometimes taking a break helps you to come back with refreshed eyes. And I don’t mean just a few hours. I mean a few days, at the least.

  1. Read over It

Now it’s time to correct all those mistakes! Whether it be grammar, gender, or character problems, it’s time to fix it all! One time I was reading through my story, and I realized that there was an animal that had been a male at the beginning, but I had accidentally changed it to a female! We all make mistakes, so don’t feel bad.

  1. Read it to Someone

Reading my story out loud to my mom was what made me realize that the animal in my story had a gender problem. This doesn’t only let you see your problems, but it also helps you to realize that you might actually want to share it with others.

  1. Read over it- Again

Yes, you need to check for mistakes again. But you can probably do this while you’re reading it to someone. This time, think about who your audience might be. Is it for kids? Or maybe for young adults? Try to write it for those people.

  1. Publish it!

Okay, I don’t mean like seriously publish it. You can, but I can’t give you any information on how to do it since I haven’t ever done it before. I mean just posting it online or asking your teacher if you could read it out loud in Literature class. Publish it on your blog. Read it to your friends.

 

For Fun

If writing to publish is too nerve-wracking for you, and you really love to write, then you can just write for fun. You never know, you may just decide to publish later when you’re reading back over it.

 

Next Week. . .

Next week I will not be doing a post on Thursday, since it is Thanksgiving week. The following week, it will be time for another monthly recap.

Have a great Thanksgiving!

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