Survival Check: Beating Burnout
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Everything I loved about the process evaporated, replaced by bone-aching exhaustion that induced a mixture of nausea and the constant threat of tears.
Beating Back Fear
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Is it fear that I can’t do it anymore? That I overpromise results and then freeze in fear that I can’t fulfill that promise?
The Right to Write
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As a writer, though, I am troubled by this trend of telling people what they can and can’t write.
Wisdom of a Black Belt
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I learned something that day. Genuinely. And it's a lesson I want you all to apply to your writing, too.
Being Your Hardest Critic
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OK isn’t good enough for me and shouldn’t be for you either. The idea is to send out your best work, and YOU need to be hard enough on yourself to be the ultimate judge of that.
The Creative Partnership That Saved Our Marriage
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Every decision we had to make for our own careers became a fight, and every fight became a huge question of whether we were going in the same direction.
This is How I Fangirl: I Wrote a Novel
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But the way I see it, all fiction originates as fan fic in one way or another.
Why Creative Pursuits are Worthy Work
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... if we’re not doing the thing that makes us tick, are we really living to our potential and sending the right message to those that might be watching and emulating?
Respect Yourself
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And there I was in the fancy office of a multi-million-dollar production house where I acted like a 10-year-old schoolboy sent to the principal’s office.
How to Know When It's Time to Quit, Part 2
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The more pressure you put on yourself, the less likely you are to write. Instead of setting huge daily/weekly goals, set goals that you can easily accomplish.
Brown Paper Bag
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Not wanting to turn into a bitter (or incarcerated) adult, and also a seasoned aficionado of sugar, I suffered DEEPLY from bag envy.
How to Know When It's Time to Quit, Part 1
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You have to actually write a book to get better at writing books.
Get Back on the Mat Anyway, Part 2
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Stop focusing on all the things you haven't done, and start focusing on the things you have.