Only a few weeks in and it feels like 2017 is going to be a busy year. I am planning three ‘storytelling’ journeys. The first one is paid, my role in a NSW State Government Agency in the Digital Communications area. As well as strategy and technology, storytelling is a key part of any project that involves communication I find. I love the variety, the research and the idea generation process that this contract offers.
The other two are personal projects I will be working on this year involving writing and photography. Not sure why I have taken on two projects, but they are both things I have been wanting to progress for a while and 2017 seems like a good time to start to develop them – well get started anyway. I’ll talk more about them both in the coming months as things progress.
My aim at the moment is to allocate the precious time that I need to be able to work on them, one day at a time – bit by bit. Sometimes I wonder if there are too many stories and ideas in my head. I am also aware that to keep up with everything I also need to have a healthy and active lifestyle and get plenty of vitamin B and vitamin ‘caffeine’.
As an organiser born or organisers, I am going to set-myself a task for each week and then check in on my progress, challenges or stories.
This week my task is to come up with a plan for increasing my reading and also allocate myself some of the recommended DVDs to watch to assist with the writing course. They say to be a good writer you need to read lots and write every day. I get started on this today.
My first read will be a familiar author, and also one from our suggested reading list – Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich. This seemed to be one of my more successful genre’s in my most recent course from the feedback and I enjoy reading this type of writing, witty, on the edge of comedy but a bit of adventure and romance thrown into the mix.
I have a few DVDs from the library over the weekend and also checked out desks and chairs to get the ‘writing desk’ set-up at home by the time my writing course commenced in March. Getting organised!
Learning to write a novel 