Creative concepts do not always appear at convenient times. Before we lose our reflections, we should write them down. And the best way to do this is with a notebook. Writing longhand has an added benefit: it slows our thoughts down and we capture more detail.
Tag: writing life
Writing and housekeeping do not have to clash
Prolific writers have said you are either a good housekeeper or you are a great writer but not both. The reality, however, is that we have responsibilities in life and we schedule our writing periods like everything else. As long as we are writing, we are successful.
Fight your fears and submit your work
Fear keeps writers from sharing their work with the world. Why does fear have a strong hold on writers? What can we do to fight fear?
Structure and self-care with ballet
Stress and life in general mean we have to find our happy place for mental, emotional, and physical therapy. Ballet teaches me adaptability and compromise. As writers, we must adopt changes thrust upon us. But despite our challenges, we keep going because writers are who we are.
Weeding our garden is like editing
Weeding our gardens is an ongoing chore, much like editing our work. We want our writing to be beautiful too, which forces us to kill our darlings in our stories.
Learning what works for you with your writing goals
Figuring out what to read, what conferences and workshops to attend, or what path to take to improve our writing can be daunting and expensive. What should we consider with social media, education, and finding our author’s voice?