Day 26 of my self-imposed challenge: Trying to write a first draft in 30 days.

The real thing. This is my day-to-day creative process. Yes, it used to be Rebel Club... just in case you are wondering. Re-branding my biz.

If you are here reading this this means you are either interested in reading about somebody, that’s me, writing a non-fiction book in 30 days or you want to see whether I can actually do it. To be completely honest, this is to see how my creative process will work under pressure. To see if I could do it. What it’s not: it's not a productivity hack or trying to beat the system. If you are interested, I hope you’ll follow me and my writing.

Goodmorning. It’s 8.12 and I am ready for a new day. I didn’t sleep that well as I was tossing and turning and a few problems kept coming back to me. This is something I have wrestled with ever since childhood. Things can grab me and make me feel. Feeling doesn’t bother me but when it’s about something I can’t control. I still have to figure out how to let it be.

Maybe because of the intensity of the problems I am caring about, I am deeply focussed now and feel free.

Wrote 512 words before breakfast.

I feel I’m getting into a deeper and less elfish state. The writing is no longer about me but more about the message. I want it to be helpful. I deeply want people to understand the topic, and everything that comes with it.

I never got up for breakfast and decided to write some more as I was in the right mindset.

Wrote 623 words and shuffled around some of the chapters.

Total word count before breakfast 1135. It’s now 9.30 and I’m getting breakfast.

Came back after breakfast to write some more. This session I wrote 612 words.

Making the total 1747 of today. It’s 10.34 I can feel that I am getting, not better as this is not the word. I am getting more at ease with the writing itself. Letting my thoughts out on the paper.

I have done several other challenges before. I always love to challenge myself as this is a game and it’s played just by you.

For me they work as I don’t feel a tremendous pressure but still a bit. That bit is enough to make me do it. No excuses.

But I don’t get up at 5 to make it happen. I’m not that kind of person. I do it the way that fits me and my rhythm and schedule.

So now I’ll run some errands.

I never got up and went through the draft to see where I could do some more writing.

I wrote 257 more words. Bringing today's total to 2004 and it’s just 5 minutes shy to 11 o’ clock.

Now onto the rest of the day… feeling great. That is what happens too when you create, you are not only letting out what is deep inside you but you also generate happiness by doing the act of creating.

Back from my errands and had some lunch with my daughter. Including a nice talk and I decided to go back to write some more.

I added about 700 words, give or take as I did some editing in an old piece that I wrote before. I wanted to add some more story to it and it needed some changes.

So got that covered too.

Now the total is 2704 words already. It’s now 13.33.

Right now I am getting obsessed with reaching my goal and getting very excited to make this draft happen. You can tell as I am adding up the words each time. It makes me happy to see… that I am making progress. Not just getting words out, but the right words.

Went back to writing. Another 488 words.

The total count is now 3192.

It’s 13.54

I’m calling it a day.