How Characters with Unresolved Trauma Can Cause Writers Huge Headaches
Being stuck in a certain place in your story is different than writer’s block. Writer’s block is a condition that paralyzes writers and prevents them from ever getting started in the first place, or derails them so completely they can never finish that first draft. But being stuck is more like running your car off […]
Writers and the Fear of Failure: How to Get Over It for Good
Sometimes I feel like I’m in the unique position of having my fingers on the collective pulse of writers today. I talk to unbelievable amounts of writers every week. Some of them are my clients, some of them are new people thinking about becoming a client, and some of them are completely random strangers from […]
The Hard Truth about Writing: Sometimes You Seriously Just Want to Give Up
I can’t tell you how many times I have wanted to give up on writing. This is not something people usually expect to hear. My circle of friends and colleagues know that writing is something I am deeply passionate about; it’s the thing I sacrifice my free time and extra sleep for, and the thing […]
Writing Progress Does NOT Always Equal Word Count
This week’s guest post is coming to you from a fellow writing coach, Anna-Marie O’Brien. Anna-Marie describes herself as a “little bit OCD+ADD+ESP and an INFJ.” And I can tell you from experience that she’s easily one of the most intuitive people I’ve ever met. If you’re looking for someone to help get you unstuck […]
Writers and Self-Judgment: Why It Happens and How to Fight It
Out of the entire world population, writers are the harshest on themselves when it comes to self-judgment. No, I haven’t done a study or anything, but it wouldn’t surprise me if this was true. Based on the emails I get from writers, and the blog posts I read written by writers, I can see clearly […]