Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
Since my Camp Nanowrimo project got off to a slow start, I decided to spice things up with a challenge - writing at 6am every day for 7 days.
How did it work? I set my alarm at 5:45am and needed to be on my computer, ready to write, at 6am no matter what. Then, once I was writing, I aimed for 60 minutes of productive writing time that session (so time spent writing, outlining, brainstorming, etc. NOT Google-ing!).
How did it go? Well, I discovered that when I set an alarm at 5:45am, I'm usually up by 4:30am-ish, which isn't ideal. But I wrote more, hit my time target for Camp Nano, and discovered that it was nice to get to the end of the day and not have my writing hanging over my head.
I am very relieved to be turning off my alarm, though!
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TIME STAMPS:
0:06 - Why am I doing this???
1:02 - What am I hoping to get out of this writing experiment?
2:55 - The rules of this writing experiment
4:28 - 5:30am on day 1
8:35 - Two writing session in one day! 😲
11:33 - 5:48am on day 2
17:10 - 7am on day 3 (don't worry, I didn't cheat - this check-in was post-writing)
20:02 - Day 6 - it's the weekend!
20:10 - Thoughts after beginning to read through what I've written so far
23:23 - Day 7, 4:28am (I have issues with alarms)
24:02 - Closing thoughts - my writing results, what I did and didn't like about the experiment, and how I did with achieving my goals for the week
FIND ME ONLINE:
Instagram: instagram.com/jp.writes
Website: jpwrites.co
Nanowrimo: nanowrimo.org/participants/jpwrites
#campnanowrimo #writing #writingvlog
Since my Camp Nanowrimo project got off to a slow start, I decided to spice things up with a challenge - writing at 6am every day for 7 days.
How did it work? I set my alarm at 5:45am and needed to be on my computer, ready to write, at 6am no matter what. Then, once I was writing, I aimed for 60 minutes of productive writing time that session (so time spent writing, outlining, brainstorming, etc. NOT Google-ing!).
How did it go? Well, I discovered that when I set an alarm at 5:45am, I'm usually up by 4:30am-ish, which isn't ideal. But I wrote more, hit my time target for Camp Nano, and discovered that it was nice to get to the end of the day and not have my writing hanging over my head.
I am very relieved to be turning off my alarm, though!
Liked this video? Subscribe at youtube.com/channel/UCcuMeK6Go50kkc1DtGW1qwQ?sub_confirmation=1
TIME STAMPS:
0:06 - Why am I doing this???
1:02 - What am I hoping to get out of this writing experiment?
2:55 - The rules of this writing experiment
4:28 - 5:30am on day 1
8:35 - Two writing session in one day! 😲
11:33 - 5:48am on day 2
17:10 - 7am on day 3 (don't worry, I didn't cheat - this check-in was post-writing)
20:02 - Day 6 - it's the weekend!
20:10 - Thoughts after beginning to read through what I've written so far
23:23 - Day 7, 4:28am (I have issues with alarms)
24:02 - Closing thoughts - my writing results, what I did and didn't like about the experiment, and how I did with achieving my goals for the week
FIND ME ONLINE:
Instagram: instagram.com/jp.writes
Website: jpwrites.co
Nanowrimo: nanowrimo.org/participants/jpwrites
#campnanowrimo #writing #writingvlog
