My writing process

This year has been the most successful for me when it comes to my writing. Although I haven’t yet completed my novel, I have been working towards it as well as writing short stories. I have written a great amount of short stories and I can safely say I am mostly happy with at least ten of them which I have put towards the book I am making. When writing towards my novel, I like to shuffle it around and write what comes to me first. Rather than writing chapter by chapter, I use the exercises that are given to us in class and try to put together a well written chapter, whether it being from the start, middle or end. My biggest problem when it comes to writing is trying to find the motivation. It isn’t the matter of not liking or wanting to write, it’s more the ‘I can’t be bothered just yet’ thought. Over the past few weeks I have discovered a way to try and stop this and it is slowly beginning to work. Rather than just pushing my writing aside, I set out a particular day or two throughout the week which is just for writing. Being a stubborn person I don’t like to allow myself to neglect the days that I have set. Once I am sitting at my computer, the joy of writing hits me, and all the words circling in my head get down onto the paper. My writing process has come along great this year, I just need to learn to sit my bottom on the chair, hands at my computer, and keep it there. So far it’s working, now it’s time to finish my novel! Rebecca Zakkour