October 2023

Will you be participating in Nanowrimo?
Nanowrimo might not be for you. Truth is it is not for everyone. You want to participate but not towards a novel after all the support and accountability is out there.
Before I proceed with a couple of housekeeping.
Nanowrimo is a competition held every November. Nanowrimo is short for National Novel Writing Month.
The goal is to write at least 50,000 words at the end of the month.
With this word count goal you will have to write an average of 1667…

Why did I fail my Writing Challenges?
Over the past five years I have been actively trying to be a writer. I have set goals but for some reason I did not achieve them. For some reason you would expect me to have learnt my lesson but I didn’t.
When I wrote the newsletter two weeks ago I decided to work on these projects.
100 days of Poetry
100 days of Short Story
100 days of Spoken word Poetry
90 days YouTube Challenge.
But two days in and I could not keep track of the many things I was…

The Law of 100:Setting Growth Writing Goals.
I made plans to embark on four writing challenges.
Starting on 1 October 2023.
But I quit.
Everything was overwhelming. I was losing track of so many things. I had so much I was doing I had to pause and do one thing.
Delete.
Delete all the things that were not as important.
While trying to decide I asked myself. Why was I doing the writing challenge? For me the goal is to become a better writer and establish my identity as a writer.
To me and to…

If you want to quit writing… read this
Today I want to share a story I am finding really helpful.
It is the highlight of what I am feeling right now and I know you will find it useful too.
Once upon a time Raymond Carver, a famous writer went for a meeting. During the Questions and Answers session. A member of the audience asked a question.
The young writer asked whether to quit writing or keep going.
Raymond Carver looked at the writer and he said, Quit writing. By all means do.
This was a…