If you have children who
are not in school, and/or daycare, you’re busy doing home schooling and planning
activities to keep your children occupied. After a day of this I’m sure by the
evening and after they’re in bed, you’re exhausted. You might try writing 100
words a day. It’s about a paragraph and over a period of time you can get a lot
written. If you need accountability to do this, there is a Groups.io - 100 words
for 100 days.
Or maybe you have
your husband and other family members, older children or parents, also staying
at home with you. There’s no place for you to write or a private spot where you
can concentrate. A suggestion for you might be the bathroom – lock the door and
write your novel by hand. It stimulates a different section of the brain and
might work. Then when you have access to a computer you can type your work and
edit at the same time.
Another option if you
do have a space to write and can fit it in, you might find you’re not motivated
to write. You stare at the computer. You reread what you have written so far.
You doodle about where the story might go. You stare into space as you try to
get inside your characters head, but they’re not cooperating. It’s possible you
might even be a little depressed by what’s going on in the world and the
isolation. Reach out to friends by phone or online. Again, maybe find a way to
be accountable for writing even 100 words a day.
How are you coping? Any
suggestions for struggling writers who aren’t getting the words down as they
would like.
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