Having taken Monday off to attend a memorial I worked sporadically yesterday, still reading and making notes, but using the Silent Zoom Writing Group (which I’ll do another post on shortly) for support. This morning, I’ve returned to reading… but to reading that’s left me with a question. Given that I’ve now got my headContinueContinue reading “Day 6 – What’s the point?”
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Day 3 – Pick the right gear… particularly if you’re lacking momentum.
Today, the AWP2024 is on a Writers’ Retreat so, although I’m writing, I’m also a bit distracted; thinking about whether the weather will allow us to go for a lunchtime walk, scouring the room for raised hands and listening for noises to squash. So my mind is drifting a bit… and, when that happens, IContinueContinue reading “Day 3 – Pick the right gear… particularly if you’re lacking momentum.”
Day 2 – Reading, and prepping a retreat
Yesterday went well. I found a few additional things to add into the reading, including some background material that I’ll use in the introduction to situate the issue. Today I’m reading more… I’m trying not to find too much at the moment. I only need enough for a solid introduction and I can always beefContinueContinue reading “Day 2 – Reading, and prepping a retreat”
Day 1 – planning and reading
Today is day 1 of AWP2024WritingZoo: this year’s Academic Writing Programme writing experiment… and it’s time to start planning. Yesterday, I picked what I was going to write – a journal article, and a rough topic… with a few questions in mind. I did this by journaling… just free-writing around what I wanted to do,ContinueContinue reading “Day 1 – planning and reading”
The Garage of Books 