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I don\u2019t know about you but I seem to have an endless list of ideas for things I am going to write about, a smattering of drafts ready to go, and not quite the writing habit to get them published. You may also suffer from blog guilt! You may have a publishing space that you want to re-energise and kickstart again – getting back to a time when you were rattling off posts left write and centre.\u00a0 Inspired by similar\u00a0 ideas in the past – like 750words and nanowrimo – I thought I would start something up around the simple approach:<\/p>\n
Write everyday for 28 minutes for 28 days.\u00a0#28daysofwriting<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Writing Chunks<\/strong>
\nThe time frame seems manageable in our hectic lives and is often the hurdle for me publishing posts, just spending too long on them! Hopefully you will agree that we should be able to find a\u00a0 28 minute chunk of uninterrupted writing time during any given day – especially if we are committed to developing such a habit.<\/p>\nA Creative Habit<\/strong>
\nAnd that is very much what this is about – getting into a strong, sustainable writing habit that lasts. Who knows whether 28 days is enough but I am up for sticking at it and seeing where I am by then.<\/p>\nBuilding a Writing Community<\/strong>
\nBlogging has had an immeasurable impact on my professional life and yet I know I can still be a better writer. Writing regularly helps so much, but it is also about the social platform that is blogging. Sharing with others, with a network, a community. I feel that the blogging community\u00a0has changed, especially within education, and so this idea is also about building strong(er) communities of writers.<\/p>\nNot Posting Perfection<\/strong>
\nOne of the hurdles for me in my recent writing days has been trying to craft that epic post, that idea or piece of writing that keeps burgeoning – it seems to go on forever and needs to be just so before we hit \u201cPublish\u201d. The healthy constraint of time will help us all to publish. To just publish what we have and be content with that. Sharing early thoughts is sometimes more valid than waiting till the idea is just how we want it before we share it – such behaviour can only lead to a closed or fixed mindset. Write for 28 minutes and publish what you have and then enjoy the conversation that occurs. Don\u2019t aim to\u00a0publish perfection, we are successful if we just publish.<\/p>\nSo if some of these problems and challenges resonate with you. If you are also keen to restart your writing habit\u00a0and\u00a0be part of a small community of supportive peers who comment on each others work then sign up in the form below to show you are interested in taking part.<\/a><\/p>\n