💬 January - 12 Chapters Club
Month 1 of 12 - Let's prep, plan and write!
✨ Happy New Year!
WELCOME to the very first day of 2025 and the start of 12 Chapters Club.
This month, your 12 Chapters prompt is;
Do what you need to do to create the best conditions for you to do the writing work.
What that means to you will be unique to you.
For me, it's been about making space.
I've just finished the 'unravel your year' and word of the year' workshops with
and have spent 20 mins tidying my office desk.I have a brand new notebook for 12 Chapters Club and a set of coloured pens I want to use inside of it. I'm about to take those things downstairs and do some gentle planning.
How about you?
What do the 'right' and 'best' conditions look like to you?
Will you write in your notebook or online? How do you want to start? Perhaps post it notes feel less intimidating than a blank page?
Do you have a 2025 calendar - will you write everyday or choose a day to retreat and write?
Do you have a word count you are hoping for this month?
I'm looking forward to hearing from you below… the chat threads each month will be hosted on Substack.
Sending sparkles for your month ahead. I'll write again 5 days before the end of the month as a reminder. This email will come from outside of Substack so make sure you are signed up to receive those here.
Let's write books!!
Claire
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PS - if you’ve not yet introduced yourself, you can do that here, the thread closes on the last day of the month.
Such good questions. Maybe as it's 12 Chapters, I'll try and work on it for 12 minutes everyday.
I'm a disorganized person, but I think I'm going to have to complete the annual get rid of outgrown clothes, books, and toys to be able to find places for the new clothes, books, and toys. At least my kids are now old enough to acknowledge they have outgrown some stuff and let me get rid of it.
Next, a tentative outline, so I can aim my research more effectively.
Third, I wrote a 3500 word manifesto guiding this vision and I'm going to share it with some cheerleaders so I have some community support.