This months question is: How do you celebrate when you achieve a writing goal/ finish a story?
I don’t really have any celebrations, I think that’s maybe because I’ve never really reached a writing goal or finished a story. At the minute I have no writing spark and it’s rubbish because the stories are there I just can’t get them out.
However, if I were to achieve a goal then I think I would treat myself to some kind of tasty treat, a nice cake or something chocolatey to keep my spirits up. If I finished a story then I would definitely treat myself to in no particular order, a new purchase like a book, or something camera related, because why not; cocktails or copious amounts of bubbles; probably a fancy dinner and maybe even a pamper night. Because if I get to the end of a book I will probably be a bit stressed and ready to look past it.
I am looking forward to a day when I manage to actually achieve such a thing!!
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Written as part of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group.
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I think it can be helpful to celebrate the small achievements as well as the big, like writing some set number of words in a day, or spending some set number of hours on writing in a week. Small achievements have a way of adding up, and suddenly you’ve done something much bigger.
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I think I’ll have to start this, you’re right if I start small eventually it will turn into something more 😊
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If you’re having wistful thoughts about what you might do when you finish writing a book, maybe you need to give yourself smaller “treats” along the way to give yourself some positive reinforcement. Like if you write some background studies for your characters? Score! Have a candy bar! Write the first 1000 words? Another score! You can celebrate all the way to the end, one little treat at a time.
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I think this is the best idea, I’d definitely get more done if I reward myself little and often 😊
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You will reach your goal!
I’m not much of a celebrator either, but I like the comment above that you should celebrate the small things.
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When you do finish a story be sure to let us know about the celebration!
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I will indeed 😊
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You can do it! I get through by telling myself my story is like a brick wall. Each scene may be small, but it’s another brick, and brick by brick, they build up until you reach the top. 🙂
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That’s a great way to look at it, hopefully I’ll get there 😊
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