{"id":1332,"date":"2024-06-01T17:51:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T16:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2024-06-09T11:52:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T10:52:13","slug":"day-1-monthofblogging-june2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/01\/day-1-monthofblogging-june2024\/","title":{"rendered":"DAY 1 – #MonthOfBlogging #June2024 #MonthOfWriting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FIND TIME AND SPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m going to start of this month of blogging with my first tip – and it\u2019s the most common thing non-writers will say to me: \u201cOh, I wish I had time to write.\u201d Or, even worse: \u201cI\u2019m sure I could write a novel, if only I had time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, I get it. Some years ago, before I became a full-time author, I too thought I didn\u2019t have time to write. But now I understand that it wasn\u2019t anything to do with time – it was that I didn\u2019t have the HEADSPACE<\/em><\/strong> to write. Sure, there was physical time during the day when I could have written, but most of my head was filled with information about my work, which left little time to think of anything creative. But you might be different. I hope you are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, for the moment, forget about a writing study with a view over the mountains, or a comfortable nook with hot and cold running gin and tonics – we need to be practical. But, on the other hand, don\u2019t think you\u2019ll be able to write sitting on the sofa next to family members whilst they watch Eastenders or The Price is Right (or whatever\u2019s on the telly these days). You\u2019ll need a space for a notepad, a tablet, or a laptop. And some way of \u2018cutting yourself off\u2019 – a door to the box room, or headphones to cut out extraneous sounds and interferences. Don\u2019t worry – those around you will soon get used to your \u2018special half hour\u2019. Don\u2019t demand more than that. It will create friction (instead of fiction, geddit?) and you\u2019ll come under pressure to \u201cstop messing around with that writing thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, I\u2019ve found a spare bedroom and a pair of over-the-ear headphones works wonders. Or a dining table. Or maybe sit with the kids whilst they do their homework?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re seriously struggling, time-wise, why not try setting the alarm half an hour early? Your house should be very quiet (tiny children notwithstanding) and your sleep partner will appreciate waking up to a fresh cup of tea!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s all about carving out time and space, for something like half an hour initially. Don\u2019t be too greedy. Just half an hour – for you, and your writing, exclusively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, in conclusion: do you think you\u2019d be able to find time to write a page of a paperback during a day? Doesn\u2019t sound too difficult, does it? Well… if you\u2019d started that a year ago, you\u2019d have written a complete novel by now! Something to think about. Start today!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FIND TIME AND SPACE I\u2019m going to start of this month of blogging with my first tip – and it\u2019s the most common thing non-writers will say to me: \u201cOh, I wish I had time to write.\u201d Or, even worse: \u201cI\u2019m sure I could write a novel, if only I had time.\u201d Now, I get […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,6,15,17],"tags":[70,46,76,72,57,77,71,25],"class_list":["post-1332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice","category-inspiration","category-thinking","category-writing-on-writing","tag-advice","tag-creativity","tag-finding-time","tag-new-writer","tag-research","tag-space","tag-tips","tag-writing-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/why-finding-time-is-a-myth.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5y3CH-lu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1332"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1341,"href":"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions\/1341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}