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Building a Regular Writing Practice
Morning Writing Challenge Tips 5 & 6
Welcome back to the Morning Writing Challenge Tips series. If you haven’t joined the challenge, it’s not too late to join us. Find all the details here. Either way, these tips are useful for building and sustaining a lasting writing practice. ...
Morning Writing Challenge Tips 3 & 4
Welcome back to the Morning Writing Challenge Tips series. If you haven’t joined the challenge, it’s not too late to join us. Find all the details here. Either way, these tips are useful for building and sustaining a lasting writing practice. ...
Why I Started Writing Early In the Morning + The Morning Writing Challenge Tips 1 & 2
Huzzah! The Morning Writing Challenge starts tomorrow, Monday, November 2. Today I’m sharing some tips to help you rock the challenge, but first… …a few thoughts on WHY writing in the morning is so very awesome: When our first son was 2 or 3...
Recovering From Creative Burnout
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Handling Digital Distractions
Unplugged.
Last weekend I experimented with something lovely: Unplugging. It was precipitated by a comment from one of my Writer’s Circle participants about wanting to feel truly relaxed. I was reminded instantly of the deep relaxation I experience once a year when...
Do you have accomplishment amnesia?
Accomplishment amnesia is a common ailment that strikes many of us, particularly those of us that are highly conscientious, responsible, talented, and highly sensitive. It seems to run in parallel with these traits. What is accomplishment amnesia? Accomplishment...
Handling Impostor Syndrome: For the Days When You Feel Like a Fraud
“Impostor syndrome” — the feeling that you are a fake or a fraud — usually goes along with a fear that people will find out you are not actually good at what you say can do. Or perhaps that you can’t do it at all. Most of my clients and...
The Inner Game of Writing
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Handling Writer’s Block
The Many Faces of Procrastination, Part II
Last week I shared Part I of this post about the many faces of procrastination, and the underlying reasons it shows up. It’s not necessarily “just” writer’s block or laziness, which are the common explanations I hear. There are actually a...
The Many Faces of Procrastination, Part I
When I work with writers to help them stop procrastinating, usually they don’t quite know why they’re doing it. They often end up labeling it as laziness or writer’s block. I can tell you that I’ve never met a truly lazy writer, and while I...
Scared of Being Ungrounded by Success?
When you imagine yourself into your own future writing success, how does it feel? Is it exciting but terrifying, all at once? Do you imagine yourself changed irrevocably by your fame and fortune? Do you sense yourself being overwhelmed by attention, energy, and even...
Writer Success Stories
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