[Aliventures newsletter] Supercharge Your Writing Session reminder & 6 Ways to Fit in Some Writing Even When You're Busy

Published: Thu, 05/14/20

Hello!

Quick reminder: Supercharge Your Writing Session, a short guide plus a set of printables, is going up in price at the end of tomorrow (Friday).

It's just $5 till then, and you can get an extra 35% off that with the coupon code alinewsletter, making it just $3.25 for you. :-)

The price will be $8 from the end of tomorrow ... so grab your copy before then!

aliventures.com/supercharge-your-writing-session

Six Ways to Fit in Some Writing Even When You're Busy

On Monday, we looked at how to write when you work long hours.

Many of us would probably like to fit in more writing than we currently manage. But it's tough to find time to write when you're busy. Even if you have time available, you might simply not have the energy – I know how tough I find it to write after a full day's work, and after finally getting the kids into bed!

If you're struggling to fit in any writing at the moment, here are six things you can try.

#1: Get Up 15 Minutes Earlier

I don't think I've ever done anything productive in the last 15 minutes of my day! If you can get to bed 15 minutes earlier than usual, and get up 15 minutes earlier than usual, that clears a little chunk of writing time in the morning.

#2: Set Aside an Evening in Advance

Even if your evenings are nominally free from work/children/obligations, it can still be hard to find time to write. Blocking out an evening in advance makes it easier: you can eat dinner a bit earlier than usual, rearrange how you're doing chores, or simply let your family know you're going to be unavailable.

#3: Have a Micro Target for Your Writing

Perhaps you'd love to be writing 500 words a day, but that's just not practical right now. What about a sentence a day? Hopefully, there'll be days when you go a lot further – but if not, at least you'll have done something.

#4: Break Your Writing into Tiny Chunks

Planning and outlining are always helpful. When you're really busy, though, they're especially crucial. A detailed outline helps you stay on track even if you only have a little bit of time to write each day – or if you get interrupted a lot.

#5: Get a Keyboard You Can Use With Your Phone

A while back, I wrote about how I write on my phone using a folding keyboard. Could something similar work for you? Keep your phone and keyboard handy, and you can squeeze in some writing when you've got a few minutes here and there.

#6: Change or Drop Something in Your Schedule

Is there anything you can change around in your schedule – or even drop completely? Sometimes, changing a commitment to a different time of day works, because it frees you up at a point in the day when you're more able to focus.

Not all of these will work for everyone, in every circumstance. But hopefully at least one or two will be practical for you. Pick one thing you want to try this week and give it a go.

Supercharge Your Writing Session

Supercharge Your Writing Session is designed for anyone who'd like to fit in more writing, focus better while writing, or simply enjoy writing more.

It's suitable for both fiction and nonfiction writers.

The Supercharge Your Writing Session guide covers:

Why having specific writing sessions (rather than just writing when inspiration strikes) is so important.
The pros and cons of long and short writing sessions.
When in the day you might want to write.
How to make space for your writing ... even when your house is crowded and it's tough to find a quiet place to write.
Ways to set yourself up for a focused session of writing: simple, quick things you can do each time you sit down to write.
How to refocus if you get distracted or if someone interrupts your writing.

Along with the guide, you get three printables that you can use to support your writing sessions. These are:

The Writing Jump Starts sheet: a bunch of ways to get yourself moving again if you're stuck on what you're writing. The list is split into fiction and nonfiction jump starts.

The Writing Routine sheet: a printable you can use to design your own "getting started" routine so you can settle quickly into writing mode.

The Writing Session planner: this one's designed to be printed as many times as you want. You can use it at the start of each writing session to track what you're working on, plan out what you're about to write, and reflect on what worked and what you want to do next time.

As well as the nice colourful versions, the printables all have a black and white version that won't use up much of your printer ink.

It's only $5 for the rest of today and tomorrow (it'll be going up to $8 at the end of Friday 15th).

However ... you can get an extra 35% off the price with the coupon code alinewsletter. That'll make it just $3.25.

Here's the link again:

aliventures.com/supercharge-your-writing-session

Coupon Code Instructions

To enter your coupon code, just click the Buy Now button, enter your email address, and click the link that says "Add coupon".

It's quite a small link, so here's a screenshot to show you what you're looking for:

Happy writing,

Ali

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