So I have hit the milestone with over 20,000 words and to be honest, with all the stuff going on right now I am pretty pleased with that! The kiddies have been ill, we have been away and we have had lots of housework to do (yet it still looks like a bomb has hit it haha)
I guess at the moment I am thinking more and more about procrastination and how it can affect your motivation to write...
I have lots of things that can get in the way of facing the 'blank page', for example I will go and do some washing or washing up or chat for too long with the lovely Mums at the school (I blame them, I really do... hahaha) but after a while you do just have to get on with it. You have to go to the place and be that person's voice and jsut write!
I guess the point is, it is never going to write itself. However, good reasons to have a break are:
1. If you are fallnig asleep! You may have burned yourself out, so catch a quick nap and come back to it.
2. Research... you may need to find out some facts before writing the next chapter, so get on with it! Go to the library or google or whatever you need to do... but just do it!
3. Sometimes it is healthy to have a proper break. Bake a cake, paint your toenails... do something positive and for you... Remember this is your reward because there is no boss saying "Well done!" at the end of each day, you need to keep yourself motivated.
4. If you need to take the dog out/collect the kids/meet a friend/do a spot (but not too much) cleaning... get it done but make these things short and sweet and then get back on the writing bike!
You have to live a life alongside writing, but you also have to write!
So, I am going now and I will leave you with my final wordcount for today... 24,533!
I hope to make it 30,000 by next week. xxxx
