How to power your writing for 2010 by using your Christmas break

If like me you’re ready to take your holiday break then I’m sure it will come as a welcome relief from the challenges of the year.

So how do you make the best use of it to prevent loss of momentum in your writing?

The 5 stage writing process

I divide the writing process into 5 segments and believe you need a different mindset when you approach each segment.

1. Research
2. Writing
3. Pause
4. Editing
5. Proof reading

It’s the pause stage you can enjoy while you celebrate the holiday and feel virtuous that you’re doing something positive while you loll back in your chair.

Robert Louis Stevenson talked about ‘my little brownies’ by which he meant those unconscious procesess that play far more of a part in our writing than we give them credit for.

How can we use this Pause stage?

By focusing on where we want to go with our writing.  Assess the now position, make notes on your progress or lack of it and specifically ask your unconscious for ideas on certain topics.

With guidance it will stir the pot for you while you forget your work and enjoy the holiday with family and friends.

And when you start writing again, you’ll be amazed on how much progress you can make… and how fast.