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Guest Post: Maintain Your Creative Spark with Daily Practice
Cherished writing projects can get sidelined for days…weeks…months…years… Support your creative writing despite whatever curveball life may toss your way.
The Selfish Artist: A Monster in the Mirror?
It’s not pretty being a committed creative. It can demand well-tended boundaries. You may find yourself being a little bit monstrous from time to time.
Welcome the Flow State
Being creative feels so good. Why don’t we all just go to that deep state of flow and stay there most of the time, most days? One important reason is that the flow state comes and goes.
Some Positives of Negative Space
She maintains the creative buzz at a manageable setting. This keeps her metabolism in a neutral groove. She feels more resilient and easygoing, less stressed or anxious.
Take Back Your Energy with a Question
You know that feeling when you are powering away on a creative project and then notice you’ve stopped, seemingly against your will?
Guest Post: After My Stroke, I Began to Enjoy Writing
Several years into my recovery from a massive stroke, I discovered a love of writing books! It’s so different from writing academic papers.
Shifting Gears with Tone of Voice
Clients often say they aren’t sure how to just flip a switch and shift from a too-formal to a conversational tone of (written) voice. I can empathize.
Guest Post: Find the Literary Agent Who’s Right for YOU
it’s more important than ever to have a literary agent on your side. Find one who is a good match for your writing genre, career goals, and working style.
Do You Help Yourself?
She still remembers the teacher saying, “If we could do it right the first time, we wouldn’t need to know how to learn. You’ll get better as you go.”
Guest Post: How Do You Choose Your Next Big Writing Idea?
You’re a writer. You have story ideas. Lots of them! It’s important to figure out which ones to develop into stories once they’ve arrived.