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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner by Marielle Smith


French Village Diaries book review 52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner Marielle Smith
52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner

52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner


Are you ready to become the writer you were always meant to be? 
52 Weeks of Writing will get you cracking by making you plan, track, reflect on, and check in with your progress and goals an entire year long. 
52 Weeks of Writing will help you dig deep by offering questions and writing prompts designed to unravel whatever truths about your writing you’re ready for. 
52 Weeks of Writing will keep you inspired by delivering a thought-provoking writing quote every week. 

-       Do you struggle with setting goals that reflect your daily reality? 
-       Do you want to practise breaking goals down into manageable chunks? 
-       Would you like more insight into your writing habit(s) and figure out why you keep getting in your own way? 
-       And do you want to create a sustainable writing practice that honours your needs and desires as a writer?

Then the 52 Weeks of Writing: Author Journal and Planner is for you. 
52 Weeks of Writing brings together every lesson Mariëlle S. Smith has learned as a writing coach and writer. Wary as she is of comparisonitis and unhealthy competition, this author journal and planner was designed to help writers develop and fine-tune a practice that works for them. 
If you’re ready to get out of your own way and become the writer you’re meant to be, pick up your copy of 52 Weeks of Writing today. 

 
French Village Diaries book review 52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner Marielle Smith
52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner

My Review

This book is certainly something rather different from my usual reviews and I apologise in advance that it won’t whisk you away to France to fill your heart with the flutterings of a new romance. I have to admit that for purely personal reasons I was intrigued by the concept of this weekly journal and planner, so I couldn’t help but take a peek inside. I struggle to think of myself as a writer. I blog, I write reviews, I’ve been writing a five-hundred-word magazine article every month for eight years and I enjoy an informal writing group, with delicious homemade cake served on the side, but am I a writer? Maybe if there is anything else hovering in the corners of my mind, this might be the tool to help me focus and achieve something with my writing.

It has been a long time since I looked at writing regularly in a diary, although to a certain extent blogging is just a diary written to share, but I am a great believer in the healing power of writing down both the good and the bad. From the beginning this journal/planner admits it is a process ‘not for the faint of heart’ and I agree 100%. Although I have not been able to work my way through the entire process, it is obvious that to achieve results there is work to be done, in the mind as well as with the pen or keyboard, and some things might feel uncomfortable at first.

The author shares her journaling experience and the changes it made to her life and this really gives you that grain of courage to make a start. With the repetition of looking at similar themes and ideas every week it is easier to stay focussed and not lose sight of goals. Setting and achieving them is down to you, but with this book by your side, anything feels possible.

We are most definitely living in unusual times at the moment, with many countries (including France) in lockdown, so now is as good a time as any to take stock of life and of what is important. Why not use this as an opportunity to start something new and exciting. If you think there may be a hidden writer within, this may be just what you need to see for sure.

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French Village Diaries book review 52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner Marielle Smith
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