Hi, I'm Back :)

I haven’t posted in a little while as I decided to take a bit of a break. It was partly because of recommendations to wait a minimum of two weeks between writing your first draft and then reading through and starting your second draft. Apparently, it is better to have that space between the two drafts so I can view what I have written with more clarity once having distanced myself somewhat.

I have partly also taken a break because it was the start of the summer holidays. I am sure I have mentioned  that I am Head of English in a secondary school in an earlier blog post and although I was still in school for part of lockdown alongside teaching remotely, the level of work (with not actually being in school for so many hours/days) was substantially less- I actually had evenings and weekends where I could write. Despite this, I still wanted to feel like I was getting away and having a bit more of a break. Therefore, I decided to treat the first half of my summer holidays like a summer holiday and allow myself to have a total break from everything. I went away with my husband for about 10 days and have spent a few days getting back on top of things now we are home. We have also celebrated our first wedding anniversary and it was nice to reminisce about time spent with family and friends last year.

In my last post, I was determined to get ready for that second draft and I am afraid to say that I am nowhere near that point yet. I have organised my writing space a little but a lot more work needs to be done to make it a comfortable enough workspace to be productive in. I am pretty sure I am just procrastinating now. Let’s hope I am more motivated this week 😊