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Hayley's avatar

Don't be so hard on yourself. It will come when it's ready.

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Sophie S.'s avatar

oh I feel ya! I started (seriously) working on writing my book around last September. the first months were tough and there was a lot of procrastination. Now though I finally feel like I've got a rhythm and I can sit down and very easily get into it. Took me almost 6 months to get to that point though! What worked for me: either doing it really early in the day (yes, 5am) or late in the evening (8pm) when my brain is tired; definitely not turning on your phone or emails before you start writing - just sit down and open word or whatever writing programme you use. I also found having a good outline and scene list very helpful. Now when I sit down to write I can just pick a scene and start writing on that particular scene. Anyway, all of this may or may not be helpful for you - what I'm trying to say is, keep going, you will find something that works for you.

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