Start small; aim high!
It’s easy to feel you need to meet the needs of others - your family, your friends – before you can make time for yourself.
But, if you are anything like me, being creative makes you tick. So, it’s important to recognise, and encourage others to recognise, that writing is an important part of your life.
Start small: tap into opportunities to meet and write with other writers. Join online write-ins. Just for an hour. Enjoy quality time with other writers. Doing what you want to do: write! And, aim to do that every day?
Aim high: imagine escaping for a weekend to attend a writers’ retreat. By the sea …
Writing and writing and writing, in beautiful surroundings.
Discussing the writing process, and gaining a greater understanding of how other writers write (while enjoying the view!).
Sharing your writing and listening to that of others, and giving and receiving helpful feedback (while enjoying a cream tea!).
Meeting new writers and forging friendship that can help your writing to progress.
Just once a year? Start small, but aim high …
This tip came from Anne Rainbow AKA ScrivenerVirgin who hosts (free) daily RedPen Write-Ins, the Wednesday Writers Creative Writing online workshops and the Hope Cove Writers’ Retreat 14-17 November 2024.