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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Oh gosh, I loved reading these fabulous insights into your process, Helen! I’ve been rather out of the Substack loop of late, and the sheer GEMS I am finding in my inbox have switched a light back on! Hugs!

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Shanti's avatar

Helen,

This is remarkable . Good week or not , it’s nice to keep an account of what we do throughout the week. Especially when there will be a time during the week, when we are down - and how to lift ourselves or to muster a fighting spirit within ourselves to keep going. I sincerely believe you should focus on your novel. You do not realise you are far more than ready to write your novel. Just go for it. I know rejections are awful to face but just simply keep editing your novel based on any feedback’s or further insights from you.

I love your weekly junk journal . I will start one for myself.

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Claire Holden's avatar

What a brilliant week! It really is helpful and affirming to reflect on all that we've done each week, because even in the soupy bit (gifted for free, not pinched 🤣) the steps and shifts and progress really do mount up. I'm SO proud to see you moving on purposely with the novel this week. It's a big deal, but you're chipping away now. And the ranking stats are AMAZING! Boom! 💥

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Helen Redfern's avatar

It has been a good week now I can see it all written down. But strangely, if I hadn’t seen it in black and white I’d have just brushed it off as not having achieved anything.

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Claire Holden's avatar

💥💥

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