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Eight ways I trick myself into writing when I don’t want to.

(I refuse to call them ‘hacks’, I’m a writer not a tech bro)

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Jennie Godfrey
Dec 19, 2024
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A few weeks ago, I put a post up on here to express my joy and happiness that I was halfway through writing my second novel, and how thrilled I was at the progress I was making. Then this week I hit the wall. At full speed. Head on.

Admittedly it’s a busy time of year. I am bookselling in Waterstones, while preparing f…

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