As usual, heading towards summer has been a hectic journey! To recap, I am a student and I also work in a University so up until May-June life is busy. I handed in all my undergraduate work back in May and I am now waiting for the results to trickle in! *fingers crossed* - So …
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Mistakes & Perfectionism
Yes, we all make mistakes. ALL of us. Novice to expert. The question is how you deal with the mistake and why you made it in the first place. Why are we so self-punishing for making a mistake? Perhaps it's the embarrassment, the fear of judgment or that it will impact on people's perception of …
Spurts, fits & starts
Keep hitting the blank page fear? The brick wall of 'I don't know how to finish this?' I feel like I'm always chanting practice, practice, practice when it comes to writing, yet very often, creativity can come in spurts, fits & starts. What's that? Is it bad? No, it's writing sporadically, off and on. Writing …
Motivation: not just for writers
Now, I'm not naive enough to think that this blog will suit absolutely everybody, and this may all seem obvious to people who already know how to stay motivated. I will say though, that the steps I give to you today might be useful to you personally, or your friend, or even just part …
Personality Type Quizzes – are they useful?
So, I've taken a personality test online before but out of curiosity I retook it recently to see if the results were the same. They were. The reason for this came from looking at career advice and recruitment tips, recruiters promoting these tests - What? Yes, I have noticed a bit of a trend in …
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Busy bee – more about me
So studying, working part-time, learning to drive and dealing with a number of bumps along the way... but I'm here again updating you all on my tinkering with writing. So, what has this busy bee been doing? First things first, working on a novel. Whatttt? Yes! I always thought of novel writing as a hobby …
Manners don’t cost a thing…
We've all had that moment of being tutted at and we can't figure out what we've done wrong... Or perhaps overheard a complaint about somebody else. You might've heard it whilst shopping or on public transport, wherever it crops up, it's almost certainly a busy place with people trying to get on with their day. …
