Category: Writing Process
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Setting Goals vs. Measuring Happiness on Goals
Anyone will tell you that setting goals is incredibly important to success (in many, if not all, areas of life). So, it’s only logical to say that this works for writing as well. It’s great to set writing goals like how many words you want to write in one day, when you want draft one,…
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When is it Okay to Give Up?
As writers (and all people, really), we are told to always preserver. While this is very important, sometimes we get to a point when we wonder when it is okay to give up on a work in progress. View post to subscribe to site newsletter.
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Writer’s Block
Writer’s Block is defined by Merriam-Websters as “the psychological inhibition preventing a writer from proceeding with a piece”. All writers have experienced it, so how do we deal with it?View post to subscribe to site newsletter.
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Working with The Muse
The Muse is a mystical, wonderful, frustrating, difficult, and rewarding thing to work with, but how do we as writers work with The Muse? View post to subscribe to site newsletter.
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Another Publishing Update: September 14th, 2022
Just another publishing update talking about where I am at in my current project.View post to subscribe to site newsletter.
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The Blank Page
The blank page is a blessing and a curse, depending on how the writer looks at it. In this post, I talk about why it is both for me and how to approach it.View post to subscribe to site newsletter.
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Naming Works in Progress
Creating a good title for a piece is a critical part of the writing process… and a skill I am not good at.View post to subscribe to site newsletter.
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Update!
As of today, I have started podcasting! I am recording audio for previous blog posts, and they will be included at the top of the blog posts. The only podcast currently posted is for my very first post: Write for You Too. Rest assured that there will be more coming soon, in the order that…
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Writing Advice: The Good, The Bad, and The Unhelpful
Writing advice comes in all shapes and sizes. In this post, I discussed my thoughts on good, bad, and unhelpful bits of writing advice.View post to subscribe to site newsletter.
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It’s Okay to Take a Break!
Creativity sometimes feels like running on a hamster wheel, chasing some invisible, distant reward. Oftentimes, writers feel like they have no choice but to keep running on the work-wheel until they burn out or run right into the dreaded monster: Writer’s Block. While I am completely guilty of doing this very thing (I think all…
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