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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

Bullet Journal

3 Bullet Journal Ideas for Students

floraj5604

Hello, friends!

Recently, I was thinking about the fact that this year, I’ll be a sophomore (eek!!). I decided I would like to have a few pages in my bullet journal that would help me keep track of grades, time spent studying, and when my tests are coming up. So, I did some browsing on Pinterest, and came up with a few ideas. Today, I’m going to share them with you. I had wanted to publish this post much earlier than I did, so I apologize if this post is out after you have started school.

First, I decided I need a place to write out general information about my upcoming year. So I designed this page. (Just so you know, I used red and blue a lot because those are the colors you see on notebook paper. I thought it would be a nice back-to-school theme.)

Of course at the top, I have my heading (which I am really proud of, by the way :)). The space underneath is divided into several different sections. The first section (going from left to right) is a space for me to write down all of the courses I’ll be taking this year. The second section is where I will write down the teachers for each course, and in the third section I’ll write down any extra information about the teachers (like email addresses, phone numbers, etc.). Finally, I decided to color code all of my subjects using stars. So on the final column, I’ll put a star for each subject in different colors (you’ll see where this comes in later). At the bottom, I did a small calendar and a section to write down important dates (tests, projects, due dates, etc.).

Next, I decided I wanted to have a space to log my grades. So, I created my Grade Log.

As you can see, at the top of my page I have my heading, and next to it is the grading scale my school is going to use (I thought it would be handy to have). The rest of the two pages is divided into Tests, Quizzes, HW (homework), HW Continued, and Projects/Labs (Science Labs). This is where a lot of the color coding comes in. This next part may be a little confusing, so just bear with me.

At the top of each section, I have it labeled. Underneath that is a grade scale that goes from A+ to F. Along the side are some numbers. Let’s say the section we’re looking at is the Tests section. The numbers along the side go from 1-5. So, say I’ve just completed my math test for chapter one and I got a 98 (yay!). So I would go to the number one (since it was chapter one), go across to the A+ and draw a pink star (pink would be the color for math). Hopefully that makes sense. 🙂

This page was my hardest page because I had to figure out a not-too-confusing layout. Unfortunately, I think it’s still a bit confusing.

Next, I decided to do a Study Log.

Underneath my heading on this page, I have seven boxes. They read (from left to right): 10 Minutes, 15 Minutes, 20 Minutes, 30 Minutes, 45 Minutes, 1 Hour, and More. And along the side I have the numbers 15-31. Let’s pretend I just studied history for 20 minutes on my first day of school (August 15). So, I would go to the number 15, go across to 20 Minutes, and do an orange star (orange would be the color for history). Studying logged!

And that’s all the pages I came up with.

Did those make sense to you? Do you think you’ll try them? Can you think of any more good pages? Have you started school yet? Let me know in the comments! Next time (not sure when that will be), I’ll give you a few tips on having discipline in your writing.

I hope you have a fantastic school year! Thanks for reading! Happy writing!

Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:34 ESV