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Tip 32: Reflect on your writing year
A framework for reflection - five simple steps to close off your year of writing.
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Chris Smith
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Bec Evans
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Breakthroughs & Blocks
Tip 31: Take a solo writing retreat
Or not! Are solo retreats for you? If so, what would it look like? Three writers share their approaches to going away to write & what it taught them.
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Bec Evans
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Chris Smith
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Breakthroughs & Blocks
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Tip 30: Write or do nothing
Thoughts on creative unblocking
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Bec Evans
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Chris Smith
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Tip 29: 4 ways to shake up your writing routine
Tips to refresh your writing & add some oomph to your routine. Join us for a mid-year motivator to refresh & reset your writing goals.
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Bec Evans
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Chris Smith
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Breakthroughs & Blocks
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Tip 28: Find your slip road
A procrastination-busting tip inspired by one of our favourite podcasts, No Stupid Questions.
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Chris Smith
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Bec Evans
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Breakthroughs & Blocks
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Tip 27: Read
Counting down to our next writing sprint, writers as teachers, books we love & learn from plus reading recs from Emma Gannon, Musa Okwonga & Bec!
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Bec Evans
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Chris Smith
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Breakthroughs & Blocks
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Tip 26: How to savour your progress
There is always more to be done - why focussing on progress helps manage the overwhelm. A tip on setting & celebrating milestones - ours included.
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Bec Evans
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Chris Smith
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Breakthroughs & Blocks
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Tip 25: Embrace your writing quirks
What keep writers writing? From shame to pleasure, here's a few quirky writing tips - share your favourite weird way to write.
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Bec Evans
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Chris Smith
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Breakthroughs & Blocks
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Tip 24: Find delight in the discipline
A tip from author Madeleine Dore to find delightful discipline in doing and release yourself from the pain of productivity guilt.
 • 
Bec Evans
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Chris Smith
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Breakthroughs & Blocks
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Tip 23: Ask for help
Why asking for help is so hard but it's exactly what you should be doing - plus an exclusive invitation.
 • 
Bec Evans
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Chris Smith
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Breakthroughs & Blocks
Tip 22: Brainstorm
Get yourself out of a rut with some wild ideas.
 • 
Bec Evans
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Chris Smith
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Breakthroughs & Blocks
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Tip 21: Focus on practice not output
The ‘best’ way to set a goal might not work for you & why that’s OK. Forget best practice and focus on practice instead.
 • 
Bec Evans
, 
Chris Smith
, and 
Breakthroughs & Blocks
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