Revisit your notes on Silvia (2007) and Lamott (1994). Reflect on your writing routine process for the week. by

2024-06-12 20:13:59 UTC

Big ideas were that discipline is important as well as knowing where and when you write best, and taking meaningful breaks.

2024-06-12 20:15:11 UTC

We all used time as an excuse and found it helpful to schedule time this past week. We all found what time of day was most effective for us to write.

2024-06-12 20:15:55 UTC

Focusing on the actual writing. Keeping to a schedule was also a challenge. A productive warm-up was a great solution.

2024-06-12 20:16:13 UTC

Your writing doesn't have to be perfect, and you don't have to block out hours to get something accomplished. It was helpful to figure out what times in the day work for all of us.

2024-06-12 20:16:13 UTC

Goal setting was helpful for all of us!

2024-06-12 20:16:26 UTC

3/4 of our group likes to write in the early morning and one of us prefers to write in the late evening. Being specific and intentional about what we are writing during the writing time is super helpful to plan it out.

2024-06-12 20:16:41 UTC

We all felt very seen with the readings with the fact that others feel similarly in terms of struggles with writing.

We also talked about how taking notes and interacting with the text is key - the thought that reading an old book would be like interacting with multiple people and seeing their notes.

Finally, we struggled with the writing routine

2024-06-12 20:16:49 UTC

Perfectionism is something that a lot of people struggle with. Writing a messy first draft will help in combatting that sense of perfectionism. It never occurred to me that I am able to just write a messy first draft.

2024-06-12 20:17:27 UTC

Keeping up with a routine is tough- but it is possible to work towards concise goals like 250 words a day or a paragraph a day- or like have 10 mins of writing a day- and keep progressing with these mini-goals, to hold ourselves accountable - so even if we miss a day, we should be able to get back to it the next day- hopefully this might help

2024-06-12 20:17:40 UTC

We agreed that having flexibility for our writing times really helped us be productive! Instead of not writing that day, we would instead try to push back our writing times as needed.

2024-06-12 20:18:37 UTC

We all like to write in quiet spaces

2024-06-12 20:18:41 UTC

It is useful to set writing goals for the week

2024-06-12 20:18:48 UTC

As Silvia says instead of finding time to write, allot time to write. So, this week I tried to allocate time to writing by making a schedule.

2024-06-12 20:20:36 UTC

Using small specific goals and manageable tasks to stay focused on writing.