{"id":6665,"date":"2018-01-23T15:33:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T04:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/?p=6665"},"modified":"2020-07-17T15:20:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T05:20:21","slug":"brace-yourselves-for-writeabookwithal-on-feb-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2018\/01\/brace-yourselves-for-writeabookwithal-on-feb-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Brace yourselves for #writeabookwithal on Feb 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/writeabook.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6666\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/writeabook-300x300.png\" alt=\"The February 2018 round of #writeabookwithal is coming!\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/writeabook-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/writeabook-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/writeabook-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/writeabook-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/writeabook-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/writeabook.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>With one week of the school holidays left, my thoughts are turning to two things: the huge stack of things on my To Do list and the next book I want to write.<\/p>\n<p>In order to manage both of these things at once, I&#8217;ve decided some accountability is in order. And so&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>On February 1, I&#8217;ll be starting a new round of #writeabookwithal<\/strong> &#8211; if you haven&#8217;t yet witnessed the pure joy\/chaos of this particular hashtag, the premise is simple. I start a new manuscript and post a word count each day &#8211; even if it&#8217;s 0 &#8211; on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/altait\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AllisonTaitWriter\/\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/allisontaitwriter\/\">Instagram<\/a> (or some combination of the three) with the #writeabookwithal hashtag. If you&#8217;d like to, you can join in, sharing your own word counts under the post on my FB page, or using the hashtag on Twitter or Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>At this stage, I&#8217;m only aiming to write around 20,000 words, so I&#8217;m hoping for a four-week challenge, but we&#8217;ll see how we go.<\/p>\n<p>Your goal can be as few or as many words as you wish.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. 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