Couch to 80k Writing Boot Camp

Everything you need to know about the Death Of 1000 Cuts Couch to 80k Writing Boot Camp in just over 2 minutes. What is it? How long does it take? How much does it cost? Who is Tim Clare? Does he know what he's talking about? All this and more will be answered in less than the time it takes to make a decent cup of coffee. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

This is the episode to listen to once you've completed the 8 week Couch to 80k Writing Boot Camp. Go and listen to Week 1 Day 1 before you listen to this. In this episode Tim Clare (that's me) talks about what to do once you finish the Couch to 80k Writing Boot Camp. How to fill the weeks and months that follow? How to keep the momentum going and capitalise on your gains? He reveals The 7 Pillars of Finishing Your Novel. They're a thing that he's just made up, but who cares? 7 simple, practical principles you can apply immediately to keep you engaged, and help you keep producing quality writing. If you're asking: how can I keep motivated while writing? How can I write every day? How much should I write every day? How long does it take to finish a novel? How can I finish a novel? How do I keep writing when it seems to be going wrong? How do I build my confidence as an author? This is the episode for you. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

The final episode of the Couch to 80k Writing Boot Camp, an 8 week writing course taking you all the way from generating ideas to writing a novel. Today author Tim Clare (that's me) teaches you the final and most important rule of writing fiction, before leading you through a timed writing session. If you'd like to try the course, start at Week 1 Day 1. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

The penultimate part of the 8 week Boot Camp to get you match-fit for writing a novel. Just this and one more day and you're there, you'll have done it, you've completed the course and you're ready. Hosted by Tim Clare (that's me). Please support the podcast by buying my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#=oid1908_1

Week 8 Day 4 of the 8 week fiction writing boot camp by author Tim Clare (that's me). We're nearly there! Today we continue our last week of full-power focused writing, working on your novel. Please start with Week 1 Day 1 if you'd like to try the course. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

The final week of the 8-week writing boot camp continues, guiding you towards working on your novel. If you'd like to support the podcast, please buy my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Day 2 of the final week of the 8-week writing boot camp. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

The final week of the 8 week Couch to 80k Writing Boot Camp begins! In the last six days, you'll transition into daily writing on your novel. It's nice and chill, promise. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

An extended episode of Death Of 1000 Cuts, where Tim Clare (that's me) talks about motivation, missteps, uncertainty, and building an attitude of exploration when attempting a novel. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

In the final episode of Week 7, Tim (that's me) has a special message for anyone who has been listening to the episodes without doing the exercises. Then it's on to the last exercise of the week, in preparation for Week 8: THE ULTIMATE WRITING SHOWDOWN. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Today's exercise is about backtracking when you write your novel. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

In today's episode of the 8 week Couch to 80k writing boot camp, you can let yourself fantasise a little bit, and also seriously plan a little bit, what an ideal writing day would look like to you. Then I talk about the mechanics of making it happen. Please support the podcast by buying my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Week 7 of the 8 week fiction boot camp continues with a warning about the limits of book blurbs and plans, then a headfirst no-planning dive straight into your novel's most exciting, climactic scene. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#=oid1908_1

Continuing our 8 week boot camp with daily writing exercises to get your fiction into top shape, today, we travel through time, into... THE FUTURE Please support the podcast by buying my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

The 8-week fiction writing boot camp continues as we set you up to work on a full-length novel. This week is all about marking out your waypoints and getting ready to set off on your adventure, without like, stumbling into a nest of panthers and getting your intestines ripped out. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

A longer bonus episode where I (Tim Clare) talk a bit about the Couch to 80k Writing Boot Camp so far, where I'm at with my writing life, and some advice on dealing with setbacks. Please support the podcast by buying my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Week 6 concludes with the biggest metaphor of all - writing itself. What *is* writing? A game? A journey? A battle? Today we try an exercise to get to the bottom of what it means for you. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

In today's exercise we push past metaphors into word-mutations, stealing old text and reanimating it for your zombie horde. Great writers steal, legendary writers necromance. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#=oid1908_1

Another installment of our 8 week fiction writing boot camp. This week we're looking at metaphors, similes and ways to play with language. If you'd like to support the podcast, please buy my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

The 8 week creative writing boot camp continues. This week is all about metaphors, similes, and messing with language. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765k#oid=1908_1

On the latest episode of our 8 week writing boot camp we go metaphorically bananas for metaphors. Absolutely exploding jam sponge. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

This week, we're looking at similes and metaphors in fiction. Whoop! Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#=oid1908_1

The final episode of Week 5, a week of exploring emotions, psychology and our very reasons for writing in the first place. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

The Week 5 theme is 'Psyche Exam' and today we explore the unstable world of early memories, as surreal jumping-off points for fiction. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765k#oid=1908_1

This is an 8 week course getting you match-fit for finishing your novel, in just 10 minutes of writing a day. Today's episode continues our journey into our most challenging, deepest emotions. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Week 5 is all about emotions and motivation, and today we take an in-depth look at just how far that can take you as a writer, and some decisions you face about the places you're ready to go. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Our 8 week writing boot camp continues with a week on psychology, both inside and outside your novel. Today we take a deeper look into emotions, and learn that sometimes, less is... more than less? More or less. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#=oid1908_1

Week 5 of the 8 week writing boot camp begins - this week the theme is 'Psyche Exam'. Writing needs feeling! But how to tap into it? And how can you keep yourself feeling good in the process? Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Week 4 comes to a close with a final episode on style and how to make it work for you. We're halfway through! Eep! Please consider supporting the podcast by buying my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Our adventures in style continue, as we find new ways of reinventing and discovering a scene we thought we knew. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Another day, another writing challenge in our 8 week writing boot camp. Daily 10 minute exercises that combine, Voltron-esque, to form a fully-functional fiction workout to get you match-fit for finishing that novel. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Today it's time to channel your inner artiste as we transform a simple autobiographical scene into a poignant, richly evocative extract from one of the greatest, most moving novels of the modern era. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Week 4 of our 8 week writing course continues as we take yesterday's work and alchemise it into something bigger, better, and more... storyish. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

We start week 4 of our 8 week Couch to 80k writing boot camp. Today, we begin to delve into the mysteries and terrible power of STYLE. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Tim Clare (me) discusses what we've covered so far, talks a bit about failure and the inner critic and how they relate to writing, and looks ahead to Week 4. This is just a chat episode and you don't need to listen to it if you're working through the course. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Week 3 comes to a close as we bring together what we've learned so far in an extra-challenging exercise. Only 5 more weeks to go! Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

The latest episode in our 8-week writing course, taking you from wherever you are to match-fit and ready to write a novel in just 10 minutes a day. If you like the podcast, you can support it by buying my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Today we continue our 8 week writing course by discussing how to summon demons. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

We continue our exploration into spirit channeling and how we can learn tricks from the supremely chilled-out attitude of trance mediums, even if ghosts aren't real. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

The 8 week Couch to 80k course continues, as we learn how to channel voices and bring them to life on the page. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Week 3 begins in the 8 week fiction boot camp aimed to get your writing back on track with just 10 minutes a day. The theme of this week is 'mask work' and today we look to great beyond for inspiration. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

The final day in Week 2 of the Death Of 1000 Cuts 8 week writing course. Some final thoughts on short circuiting the critical mind and diving deep for some gnarly pearls of creativity. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Week 2 Day 5 of the 8 week writing boot camp, presented by author Tim Clare. Go to http://www.timclarepoet.co.uk/couchto80kwritingbootcamp/ for more details and the full course. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

We continue the 8 week creative writing boot camp with a midnight car journey. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Our 8 week writing boot camp continues as we head out into nature to get inspired for our next 10 minute daily exercise. Good luck! If you'd like to help out the podcast, please buy my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Week 2 Day 2 of the 8 week Death Of 1000 Cuts Couch to 80k writing boot camp. Today, Tim Clare (that's me) takes you on a little walk to clear your head and get the creative plasma flowing into the tithing bowl of the dark church we call creative pedagogy. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

The beginning of week 2 of our 8 week writing course - today we shift from the rigid exercises of week 1 into the wild unknown of freewrites. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Author Tim Clare (that's me) shares his thoughts on the first week of the 8 week Couch to 80k Writing Boot Camp. I know that sounds super pretentious. I mean I just do some summing-up and share some notes I hope you'll find useful if you're doing the course. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765k#oid=1908_1

The final day of Week 1 of the Couch to 80k writing challenge. Hooray! Well done for getting this far. (if you haven't got this far yet, do go back and check out Week 1 Day 1 to get started) Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Day 5 of the Death Of 1000 Cuts 8 week writing boot camp. This week we're laying the groundwork for what's to come. Each day has an exercise that takes just 10 minutes to complete. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1