![]() In July I would wake up around 6, drink a glass of hot lemon water and stretch, take a cold shower, meditate, walk once around the block and then eat breakfast before settling down to begin writing. I had a few rituals and routines which helped me throughout the month. ![]() This is something I’d like to explore more in the future with workshops and talks and have more confidence in myself to do this than before. It has been a great confidence boost for me and I feel way more ready to embark on creative challenges without spending so much time doing prep and just coming up with things on the spot. Aside from being hugely practical in terms of saving time, this was nice in that it was a good chance to test myself and my knowledge of psychedelics and it felt really good to keep churning stuff out without looking at what others had to say on the topic. I referenced other materials and websites, but only ones that I was already aware of or had in mind that I could use. So for this month I actually did zero research for any of the articles. One thing that stuck out from this work was that doing research can become a form of Resistance and procrastination. I think I’ve blown Pressfield’s trumpet enough on this blog by now for you to get it that his work speaks to me. I read Steven Pressfield’s Do The Work before and during the month on a timely recommendation from a friend. ![]() This was to connect to the bigger picture of love and all those lives of the people around the world to help drive me on in times of difficulty. If I want to actually play my part in something bigger and contribute to the world in a meaningful way then I’m gonna have to get over myself.īefore the month I made a small reminder card with an image of the world and a heart that I now keep over my desk. Knowing that it’s about more than myself was very helpful as those difficult feelings that I encountered were in the end just my personal difficulties. This made it a whole lot easier to not get overly concerned with editing. My feelings about how I might come across or how nice my writing is to read took a back seat to the primary aim of getting that information and those ideas out there into the world. This helped me to get over myself and think about the people my writing could reach and help. So when I had doubts I returned to the thought of ‘this is about much more than you’. It was a personal challenge, but personal only in so far as that I want to improve my ability to write and put out content so that ultimately I am more able to spread knowledge and information about psychedelics and to share ideas that I believe can be useful to other people. Connecting to something biggerĪt times of difficulty when I encountered a resistance to hit publish I returned to my why. Many things helped me to make it through my way of publishing 30 times in 30 days, and today I’ll continue to share a few more. The best piece of advice I’ve ever heard is “in order to write you must read a lot and write a lot.” We will be doing just that.This post is following on from 30 Day Writing Challenge Review. You will feel confident and encouraged to continue with your project, referring to your arsenal of tools. Therefore, we will look at extracts from novels, clips from films, poems and music to inspire you to put pen to paper.īy the end of the month you will have at least the first chapter of your novel completed. I find I write most when I’m inspired by other people’s art. In addition to this, we will look at a lot of multimedia resources. We will look at specific techniques – repetition, foreshadowing, building tension, etc – we will do this in order for you to fully understand and, therefore use, these tools.Įach day you will receive at least one prompt which will direct you to write. We will examine the basics: genre, plot, character, use of language, viewpoint, structure. This month is all about giving you the tools to start writing.Įvery day we will look at a different aspect of writing. Hello! I’m so excited to welcome you to the 30 day novel writing challenge.
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