The Craft of Writing, The Writer's Life
Looking for the “perfect” time to create? Forget about it! You are always in the middle of something, so it is right in the middle of things that your creating must also happen. Never is there a moment when we aren’t “in the middle of something.” And that...
The Craft of Writing, The Writer's Life
Who knows how many writers fail because the light that shines through them is refracted in a thousand directions and not concentrated in a single beam? Pick projects and complete them! It is not really possible to work on a thousand things at once. This is one of my...
The Craft of Writing, The Writer's Life
Learn how to go directly to your work. When your work bell tolls at the appointed hour, answer it. Stop waiting! Start writing! Years of frustration from trying to “fit” writing into my day have taught me that the writing must be first—not simply in priority, but in...
The Craft of Writing, The Writer's Life
Do you have a plan to survive the countless rejections that will come your way? Create that plan! Ah, this tip from Dr. Maisel pinpoints a truth difficult for most of us to accept. When we create and share our writing with the world, rejection is inevitable. It can...
