Motivational Minute with Racquel Henry #141: NaNoWriMo Blues? Go Back to Your Why

Midway through National Novel Writing Month, Racquel Henry is back to give us a pep-talk in Motivational Minute #141 on Writer’s Atelier TV!

If you’re anything like Racquel, by now, you’re pulling out your hair over NaNoWriMo. You might be wondering why you put yourself through this, or maybe you feel like giving up.

Well, let this blog post (and the video below) remind you to bring yourself back to your why.

Something Racquel teaches in our accountability program is to channel that feeling you get when you think about why you started a project, then hold onto that feeling. Anytime you feel like quitting, go back to it. She would even suggest writing it down and sticking it somewhere you’ll see it every day as a constant reminder.

Trust us—you can do this! Hang in there!

Happy writing!

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Racquel Henry is a Trinidadian writer, editor, and writing coach with an MFA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is a part-time English Professor and owns Writer’s Atelier. Racquel is also the co-founder and Editor at Black Fox Literary Magazine and the Editor-in-Chief at Voyage YA. She is the author of Holiday on Park, Letter to Santa, and The Writer’s Atelier Little Book of Writing Affirmations. Her fiction, poetry, and nonfiction have appeared in various literary magazines and anthologies. When she’s not working, you can find her watching Hallmark Christmas movies.
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