#mini tip

You know when you’re writing and all of sudden you need to know the lifespan of a parrot? Save it for later. Don’t let yourself get distracted and stop writing. Avoid procrastination at all costs.

Create and maintain a bullet journal for all your writing-related ideas. Keep this journal with you so you can write down ideas as they come to you and look at it when you need some inspiration.

Ideas for pages to include in your writing bu-jo:

Goals/Resolutions

Word Count Tracker

Social Media Post Tracker

Writing Blog Post Ideas

Story Update/Posting Tracker (For Wattpad, AO3, etc.)

Story/Plot Ideas

Writing Music (with details about what scenes would go best with the songs)

Character Ideas (both appearances and personalities)

Title/Name Ideas

Word/Phrase Lists

Writing Advice

Have trouble motivating yourself to write? Tell yourself: “Just five minutes. I’ll do this for just five minutes then move on to something else.”

Most of the time you’ll end up writing for more than five minutes. Getting the motivation to start writing is the hardest part. Once you get over that hump, you’ll be good to go.

You know all those random scenes with your OCs that you imagine?

Write them down.

Yes, even that weird one where they go to IHOP at 3 AM just because they love pancakes. Chances are, these random moments are going to stay swirling around in your mind, distracting you from the actual story.