Have Writing Anxiety? Intuitive Writing May Be the Answer.
Every writer I’ve ever worked with has specific anxiety trigger points that occur during different phases of the writing process. Some writers are the most anxious while writing the first draft, because everything feels chaotic, messy, and uncertain. Other writers love the first draft phase, but their anxiety kicks in when it’s time to edit. […]
The Only 3 Marketing Tips You’ll Ever Need as a Writer
The biggest weak spot for most writers is marketing. Some writers hate all marketing activities, as they feel it’s just precious time taken away from their writing practice, and others are open to marketing but feel overwhelmed by all the advice on different marketing strategies to be found these days. However, whether you’re a seasoned […]
INFP Writers and the Constant Struggle to Focus
The INFP writers I work with report one big problem to me: they can’t stick with one creative project. INFP writers will frequently get a really great idea, start the story, and then a week or two later they find that they’ve lost interest. Then they try to double down on their efforts to stick […]
Are You a Writer Who Can’t Finish Anything? The 3 Surprising Reasons You Abandon Projects.
As a writing coach who has worked with hundreds of writers over the past decade, I’ve found that most of the writers who come to me have the same types of problems, and one of the biggest struggles they deal with is finishing anything. This type of writer always tells me the same thing: “I […]
New Anthology of Transgressive Fiction from Outcast Press!
Transgressive fiction is getting to be quite the buzz word for writers and lit nerds these days, and nobody does it better than Outcast Press. The description of their newest anthology, In Filth It Can Be Found, promises the best of the best: In this volume, you’ll find 20 stories that explore the shadow side […]