Good for:
* exploratory writing
* motivation to write
* overcoming writer’s block
* general learning
* beginning/er novelists
* those with up to 2 hours a day
Not for:
x planning your work
x technical advice
x detailed lessons
x experienced novelists
x those with less than 1.5 hours a day
About this programme
As unique as our individual circumstances are, it seems there are generic reasons for not writing. (as well as we’d like. as much as we’d like. at all.)
Jacqui Lofthouse’s perspective is that getting words on the page is the main problem writers have. Other problems can be resolved once this basic one is tackled.
So let’s see! I have an idea for a novel and I can already imagine the book on the shelves. The only problem is . . . the bit in between. Can 30 days of application turn my idea into a story?
Our teacher
Jacqui Lofthouse is a published author, and has experience as a writing teacher and coach; she knows what’s what. My negativity and excuses won’t come out of this alive.
She wrote the first draft of this guide in 30 days herself, posting 1,000 words every day on her blog. She is the proof and the pudding.
She hopes to help you:
★ understand your own creative processes
★ know how to get writing, even when you don’t feel like it
★ gain self-confidence as a writer
★ have established your own voice
★ be passionate about your writing and enjoy the process
★ experience the discipline and enjoyment of working with a writing coach
★ have written 30,000 words of your book – a 100 page manuscript
So against these goals I will judge my progress.
My approach
I’ve chosen to do my 30 days weekly, rather than consecutively. I have other writing projects underway, which I don’t want to halt. Hopefully the 30 lessons will keep their power, despite being spaced out. I believe that consistency is based on sustainable commitment . . . and this is what I can commit to.
Give it a spin yourself! www.thewritingcoach.co.uk