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Six writers share their writing routines
Six writers share their writing routines

I've found that creating a writing routine can be a great step in establishing writing as a regular habit and consistent part of your day-to-day. For me, it's been an important way to really commit to writing fiction, to get myself to show up to the page even on the hard days, to make that real progress with my manuscripts. Starting a writing session with the right mindset is the key to spending less time making excuses and more time writing, and shaping positive rituals and routine around your process can be one way to do this.

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ALL WRITING, WRITING FICTIONRosie O'Neillwriting routine, writing habits, Productivity, progress, advice, inspiration Comments
How to start taking your writing seriously
How to start taking your writing seriously

When we're taking those early, tentative keystrokes into the world of writing, how do we know when we've earned the right to call ourselves a writer? It's something I certainly encountered when I was starting out with novel writing, and it's something I keep seeing pop up in conversations online. It seems like we attach a level of expertise or status with the title of writer, which makes it difficult to give it to ourselves when we still feel very much beginners.

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ALL WRITING, WRITING FICTIONRosie O'Neillwriting mindset, writing routine, writing habits, start writing, creative confidence, confidence, self development, progress Comments
TRACKING PROGRESS OVER A LONG-TERM CREATIVE PROJECT.
TRACKING PROGRESS OVER A LONG-TERM CREATIVE PROJECT.

When we're working on something long term, that nobody else gets to see for a long long time, when it's just us and the blank page, or sketchbook, or wherever - is it still important for us to measure our achievements, to celebrate those tiny, incremental wins along the winding path of a creative life? And for those projects which are purely personal, the ones we do to learn a new skill, or to relax at the end of the day - is the progress irrelevant or even meaningless to the process itself? 

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ALL WRITING, CREATIVE LIFESTYLE, WRITING FICTIONRosie O'Neillprogress, creative lifestyle, creative process, creative projects, Productivity, accountability, goals, goal settingComment
WHY I DON'T BELIEVE IN CREATIVE BLOCK.
WHY I DON'T BELIEVE IN CREATIVE BLOCK.

I don’t believe in creative block. Here's what I do believe in: the difficult business of showing up to your art, again and again and again. When it feels easy, when it feels hard, when it feels impossible. Finding the rhythm and the repetition in this process is the key to shutting the door on creative block and getting the work done. 

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WRITING FICTION, CREATIVE LIFESTYLERosie O'Neillcreative block, journaling, Bullet Journal, Productivity, consistency, sustainability, progress, creative processComment
HOW SIMPLE, DAILY ACTION BOOSTED MY PINTEREST VIEWS.
HOW SIMPLE, DAILY ACTION BOOSTED MY PINTEREST VIEWS.

Growing anything is a long game - a new creative skill, a business, a social media account - it takes patience and consistency and a certain amount of stamina when it comes to simply showing up and doing the work, even when it feels like you're not getting anywhere. 

It’s so natural to feel frustrated by what feels like an unbearably slow rate of growth, and this frustration is often a major stumbling block for lots of us.

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FREELANCINGRosie O'Neillpinterest, social media, small business, creative growth, progress, daily, habit building, motivation, consistency, sustainabilityComment
SETTING NEW YEAR HABITS INSTEAD OF RESOLUTIONS.
SETTING NEW YEAR HABITS INSTEAD OF RESOLUTIONS.

Setting habits and building positive routines is something I'm really interested in this year, particularly as a way to find a more realistic and practical solution towards achieving a goal. New year's resolutions are easy to give up - we fall at a hurdle a few miles along, we get discouraged by our progress and give up, or we just run out of

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GROW AS A WRITERRosie O'Neillhabit building, new year, new goals, resolutions, mindfulness, Journaling, journal, creative process, progress, setting small goalsComment
IS PRODUCTIVITY BAD FOR CREATIVITY?
IS PRODUCTIVITY BAD FOR CREATIVITY?

Busy lives tend to make for less time in general, we have to squeeze our creativity into little pockets of spare time, or steal moments here and there in between packed schedules and stressful priorities. 

With such little time to devote to creating, the need to actually achieve something can sometimes feel unbearably important, and can even overtake the original intended enjoyment.

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GROW AS A WRITERRosie O'Neillproductivity, progress, creative process, creativity, to do, effieciency, goals, setting small goals, Achievements Comment