BONUS! Episode #38.5 Jen's Complete NaNoWriMo Journey

A special bonus episode featuring Jen's meanderings as she attempted NaNoWriMo 2019. It's not a surprise that she did actually complete it, as we put the episodes up weekly, but if you missed them or fancy immersing yourself in the NaNoWriMo world this is the podcast for you!

Jen challenged herself to write a brand new novel over the course of November. That means 50,000 words. It was, as she finds out, a challenge. That is why they call it a challenge. Join her in an audio diary to find out exactly how many words she managed to write each day and her struggles with procrastination and plot lines.

There's also a lot of maths talk, and working out how many words Jen has written that day and how much she needs to do to complete it on time, but if you get over that bit and get to the points where it seems like she's losing her mind* it's a lot of fun. We find out what procrastination-busting methods work best and how to motivate yourself to keep writing under pressure.

Also this episode:

• Mayonnaise pixies!
• Questions from Marc!
• Fried croutons!
• Hypnotherapist cheating!
• Boo barks!

*No minds were lost in the recording of this podcast.

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Episode #35: NaNoWriMo 2019... Part two

It's week two of NaNoWriMo so join Jenni as she has a little breakdown and gets hysterical over mayonnaise pixies.

It's a week of highs and lows, peaks and troughs, 6,000 words one day and 0 the next. Jen talks about how she's finding the challenge and how difficult it is to explain the plot to people without feeling a bit stupid and embarrassed. She is also begins to work out what writing and motivational strategies work for her, with great results and how to start getting the most out of defined writing times.

If you're writing a novel this month for NaNoWriMo, you can follow Jenni as JenniPOW at NaNoWriMo

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Episode #25: What’s The Right Writing Challenge for You?

This episode we talk about writing challenges as we try to get ourselves writing on our book again.

What sort of writing challenges are there? What would suit or motivate you?





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POW Podcast UK has come of age – we can drive, drink, vote and not get ID’d in shops for alcohol – well done us!

We’re discussing writing challenges this time – the whys and hows of setting specific goals for your writing. If you want to stimulate your creativity and set some priorities for your writing, a challenge is the way to go.

Writing challenges give you some space to try something different – looking at perspectives, forms, narration and themes that you might not have tried before. Whether it’s something based the style of prose, or something more practical like scheduling in your writing into your day, there’s a writing challenge for you.

After discussing some types of challenges and the theories behind them, we find a challenge that works for us and we’re excited to see how this works for our book!

Also in this episode:

• A lengthy discussion of whether to edit a spoiler out of the podcast – which ended up being left in, as all references to things being edited out always are!
• Our free writing makes an appearance again as we plan to send it to Cheryl Cole
• Our obsession with the dreamy Dr Rangan Chatterjee and his podcast Feel Better Live More
• “Writing is my rockclimbing”
• A Savage Garden singalong
• A Reading Challenge update, with a new entrant, Jen’s husband, reading his first book this year
• More Harry Potter talk, this time the script (The Cursed Child) vs book debate

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