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Professional Writing Organisations: What’s the go with Those?
For a start, what do I mean when I say, ‘join a professional writing organisation’? Do I mean a writing group (in my mind, a different beast)? What deems an organisation professional? What makes it worthwhile spending the money to be a part of one? If you’re not sure whether joining a writer’s group/writing centre/all permutations thereof is the right step for you, you’ve come to the right (or ‘write’?) place! Read on for my analysis of all the little things that might influence your decision… And at the end, I’ll provide a list of places you might want to follow or join! When is it time for me to…
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Goal Setting & Conquering Mountains
Goal setting sometimes feels like one of those things everyone says you should do, and everyone else seems to be doing, but also kind of feels like more of a pain in the arse than its worth. Yeah… my hand is firmly in the air right now. Even when I’ve got a lot of stuff going on, I’ve never really felt like I was a goal setting/intention laying kind of person. Why? Well I think I suffer from ‘planning paralysis’. Historically, it’s always cropped up when I’m trying to plot ahead in a novel (a painful affliction) and it has caused me to struggle with the idea of goal setting…