Month: May 2017

“There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.” –Alan Cohen In my last post, I explained how scheduling purposeful time away from writing allows writers to re-energize, reignite their passion, and return to their work with a renewed sense of purpose. Understanding these reasons for taking intentional […]

Writer’s block plagues all writers at some point. We have all known the struggle to start a story, compose the right plot, finish the final paragraph, end the chapter. It can send many writers into a spiral of stuttered starts and anguished stops. In my last post, I discussed how to begin writing again after […]

“Just as a good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche.”–Julia Cameron For writers, a day spent writing is a day well spent. What happens, though, when those days are few to none? As writers, many of us experience periods of time when we are either unable to write as much […]

Last week I wrote an article called, “Why Writers Procrastinate,“ which listed a few of the key reasons why many writers procrastinate. These were lack of ideas, fear of being revealed, listening to the voices in your head, distractions, page intimidation, and being a perfectionist. As promised the following are ways in which you can […]