Kia ora!
How are you? And how is your memoir coming along this week? If you’re anything like me, my feelings about my writing can change by the hour. Like the weather! Ha!
One thing that can build confidence is making steady (if imperfect) progress. In response to my question to you recently: ‘What’s hard about writing for you?’
Deirdre responded:
“Making a regular time to write when we have been so busy and life gets in the way … correction: I allow life to get in the way.”
I see this happening a lot amongst memoir writers, especially retired people, perhaps because you don’t have such a set routine?
A few months ago I wrote you a blog called ‘The value of 30 minutes.’ I said this:
“Think about it, the average person can write nearly 400 words in 30 minutes. That’s more than one page. If you wrote for half an hour, three days per week, for 30 days, that’s 12000 words. That equates to around 40 pages of your future book.”
And I do see the people who lock into their memoir project with total focus finishing their first drafts astoundingly fast. For example Jill finished her book in months, not years.
So over to you now dear writer. Could you find time to write your memoir for three 30 minute sessions each week? Think what you could achieve.
Write on,
Charlotte x
PS and if you’d like help with sticking to your routine, check out my online course Write Your Memoir, which includes monthly encouragement, feedback and accountability sessions with other amazing memoir writers (our last one was simply delicious).
Also – I’m experimenting with a new weekly payment plan of $25 X 40 weeks.
Do my free workshop: Beginner’s guide to writing your memoir.
Charlotte Squire 