Getting Organised to Write

This year I thought I would try and get a bit more organised with writing. Below are a few templates to help sketch an outline and to keep track of important dates. My writing process leans toward ‘flying by the seat of your pants’. I do a bit of outlining to help keep on track and to act as a reminder. You are welcome to use these templates for your own writing process. I hope you find them useful.

Keeping Track

It can be helpful to set a few goals. By laying out what sections you need to do as part of the process to keep track throughout the year. I do not stick to my goals or my outlines, but it is handy to go back and change them. If is great for going back and finding what worked and how much you achieved. Being stuck in the process can feel overwhelming and it is always nice to be able to have a map to go by.

Setting Goals

For this year the goal is to get more organised. Last year I was a bit lapse with my process and spent time learning how to edit. This year the plan is to knuckle down and concentrate on my writing. I have been reviewing my processes and timeframes. This has meant spending more time at the beginning of the year to get things set up. The aim is to be able to simply write and keep on track better throughout the year. I wish you the best of luck and hope you have a good year with your writing too.

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Chantelle’s mother remains one of the most famous witnesses in Australian legal history. The first large screen movie the author saw, at the age of nine, had an actress playing her as an infant when she was at Uluru on 17 August 1980 at the same campsite as the Chamberlains. She began publishing poetry later in life with the first release coinciding with the fortieth anniversary of the disappearance of Azaria. While most poems have been released in the volumes for the anthology, more than a thousand were written throughout a twelve year period. Chantelle has a Master of Environmental Planning and enjoys life at half pace with two cats. Her first fantasy book was released too soon, after a near death experience and a second edition was published four years later. She resides in Tasmania and continues to write as a past time in the evening. View more posts

6 thoughts on “Getting Organised to Write”

Thank you so much! These are definitely going to help me 😀

Chantelle Griffin says:

12 January, 2017 at 9:01 pm

Glad to know they will be useful ☺️

Reblogged this on MetalPhantasmReads and commented:
Yep…pretty much needed this. If anyone out there is a writer, this is a good post to look into 🙂

Chantelle Griffin says:

28 February, 2017 at 4:31 pm

Thank so much for sharing. I’m a pantser at heart and thought that no one would be interested. Then I read about another writer asking for a planner to help them and shared these 😊

I love these PDF’s! I’ve struggling for almost two years to fully get back into my writing again. I haven’t been sure what to do. But I’m gonna give these a try 🙂

Chantelle Griffin says:

28 February, 2017 at 4:37 pm

Thank you so much 😊 It took me a while to figure out what worked best. Every winter ❄️ I slow down and have to get back into the swing of things. I almost didn’t post them, but then another writer was having trouble getting started 📝

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