How to write when you don't feel like it

WRITING MY NOVEL: How to write when you don't feel like it

Hello and welcome to my latest video in my 'How I'm writing my novel' series. You can see all the previous videos in this playlist:

youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9en-UTSvp0BaUDh_IVC…

Videos where I chat about my writing TASKS: Plan with me - my new system to tackle big writing projects: youtu.be/Me9m2sGE0O4

In this video I'm addressing the difficulty I have in starting a writing session. When I'm doing other things I dream of hours of uninterrupted writing time - then when I sit down to start I procrastinate and find so many other things to do instead.

I have issues! Fear of failure, fear of success and being massively out of my comfort zone.

So - I trick myself with the 20-minute timer method or, more commonly known as the pomodoro technique. It works every time.

I chat about the technique for a while and then show how I put it into practice with index cards and dividing the last two acts of my novel into chapters.

OTHER VIDEOS IN MY WRITING MY NOVEL SERIES:

Video number 1: What happens after the first draft? youtu.be/zVVZfnM5bdM
Video number 2: Outlining & Plotting youtu.be/tz7akRUdehE
Video number 3: Finishing the outlining and planning next steps youtu.be/SO0VQzAUO-U
Video number 4: Breaking it down and identifying plot holes youtu.be/Wi2d-hssDcQ
Video number 5: Working with index cards youtu.be/MIXy2DajM4o

My name is Helen Redfern and I'm also known online as A Bookish Baker. I'm currently editing a novel I have been drafting for many years!

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