The Craft of Writing, The Writer's Life
You will have your critics. What will you do about them? Our critics are both external and internal. External critics may be friends, family, fellow writers, agents and publishers if we are lucky enough to have them. These external critics may give us positive...
The Craft of Writing, The Writer's Life
Are you good at capturing your own creative thoughts? Or do you let them slip away by telling yourself that they weren’t really all that good or all that important? Stop that! Start right now doing a better job of capturing and recording your ideas. Self-doubt is an...
The Craft of Writing, The Writer's Life
Anxiety makes us undisciplined writers. Learn some anxiety management tools, perhaps a deep breathing technique or a relaxation technique to help you stay put. Anxiety is part of the process—learn how to manage it! What ways have you discovered to manage your writer’s...
The Craft of Writing, The Writer's Life
hiMany people are embarrassed to create in public. It feels unseemly to them. Like kissing in plain view. Deal with that self-consciousness! Learn to make a spectacle of yourself. If you don’t, you’ll feel uncreative everywhere except in your private space. This...
The Craft of Writing, The Writer's Life
Intend to create. Hold in your heart and in your belly the intention to write. Grow creative through powerful intention. You could go your entire life wishing that you had followed your passion. Unfortunately, as children we were made to believe that if we wished hard...
