Try this 4-part timed freewriting technique to gain clarity about the essentials of your current writing project While we may look at the sky and think it is beautiful, we don’t go so far as to show someone else how it looks. One reason may be that we do not care enough about the sky… Continue reading A Four Part Method to Distill A Complex Writing Project
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Questions to Ask Your Writer’s Block
Do you want to move more deeply to get beneath the block… or let it go? Freewriting involves writing without stopping for some length of time. Sometimes it’s awesome, sometimes it sucks. If you freewrite for a long time, there are bound to be moments when you write things that no reader besides you will… Continue reading Questions to Ask Your Writer’s Block
Why are Beginnings Hard? Try this Strategy to Break Into Your Writing
One of the most common challenges faced by writers is how hard it can be to start writing something. You’re in the mood to write. You get a legal pad and a pen, brew a cup of coffee, and sit down. Your cat is assisting you by flapping her tail across your legal pad. You… Continue reading Why are Beginnings Hard? Try this Strategy to Break Into Your Writing
Writing Isn’t Fun Anymore: 6 Ways to Squeeze Delicious Nectar Into Your Life
It’s not even “writer’s block.” You just don’t care. Writing no longer fuels you. Stacks of boring papers. Stacks of boring books. Boring letters on the screen. Unclear writing. Annoying mistakes. Blank, dead mind. Zero drive. Someone please come distract me. How to bring vitality back to your writing process Every writer I know goes… Continue reading Writing Isn’t Fun Anymore: 6 Ways to Squeeze Delicious Nectar Into Your Life
Writers Blocked by Doubt, Try This Method Instead
You want to write but you feel blocked. The block tries to justify its existence. It wants to convince you that it needs to be there. It tends to come up again and again and follow the same patterns. It’s an energy drain that leads to familiar places. Try this freewriting method instead: Write to… Continue reading Writers Blocked by Doubt, Try This Method Instead