As the weather changes here in Switzerland, universities and schools are starting again and NANOWRIMO (National Novel Writing Month) is just around the corner. It doesn’t matter if you are writing a thesis, creating a novel, working on essays and assignments for school, or working on a long report for work. Writing is hard work. … Continue reading
Greetings everyone from the other side of Thesis Land. I just finished up my final Master’s project and I have been oscillating between despair at what to do next and relishing in my new found freedom. For anyone who has ever completed a long writing project, fiction or otherwise, it can be an overwhelming task … Continue reading
“If you want to be a writer, then just do it.” Someone told me that one afternoon as we discussed life goals as though that simple straight forward idea hadn’t actually come to my mind before. Silly me for not executing this idea before. My world constantly teeters on the edge of collapsing in on … Continue reading
As Shakespeare once said, “To self-publish or not to self-publish… that is the question!” Okay, so I may be paraphrasing here, but Shakespeare’s original line from Hamlet is not far from my own feelings today: indecision. Granted, my question does not deal with suicide, it does however, deal with a different type of death, creative … Continue reading
Writing is never easy. And there is no easy way out: it requires planning, a lot of time, and even more will power. Whether you write for school assignments, your job, or for fun, the struggles are universal. Motivation is the biggest issue for most writers, myself included. I look at the task at hand … Continue reading
I woke up today at a reasonable hour. I ate breakfast, showered, blow-dried my hair. Then, I sat down to write. I turned my computer on at 9am… and that is where my productivity halted. I turned on my WiFi, checked my emails, looked at the latest news reports. I scrolled through cute pictures of … Continue reading
