Jul 23, 2013 | coaching, tools, writing
So! You’re writing and that’s great. You even have a date you want to finish by. A deadline! But. What happens when you stop? Have you ever had your writing gradually peter out over the course of a week, or maybe two, leaving you to feel like inspiration...
Jul 11, 2013 | coaching, writing
Hello there! Today I’m posting about meeting your Resistance – that pesky wall you have that feels like an electric fence buzzing away inside you. There are many, many ways of understanding resistance, but I’ve found that most of them lead me to...
Mar 25, 2013 | Uncategorized, words, writing
Because then you also know when you’re doing your best work. Without the dud sentences, without the stilted descriptions and turgid dialogue, you wouldn’t know when you’re flying. Sometimes I set out to write the worst possible prose I can, just to...
Mar 19, 2013 | creativity, writing
A lot of space is given to discussions of voice whenever writers gather. We talk about how to find our authentic voice, how each of us has a unique voice, and how our voice is important – a reflection of our gift to our readers. Our voice as our expression in...
Feb 26, 2013 | coaching, writing
So I was writing the other day, and then I stopped. When I thought about why – actually, I procrastinated for half a day, scrubbed the kitchen benches, ate lots of inappropriate food, did huge amounts of laundry that could have waited and stopped just short of...
