Staying Unstuck

       Some writers have to learn how to get unstuck. Getting unstuck is a        mental game, a game in the head, and mostly an inside deal. In order        to learn how to get unstuck, writers must learn their own mental        rhythms.               Many writers walk around either thinking that they [...]

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Should writers be Naked?

       Your writing voice is what makes you naked but also very        authentic. In fact, you can’t write authentically without being open        to the reader. And being open to the reader, you are ‘naked’ in a        sense with the reader.               Why are writers worried about being naked with the [...]

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Having Faith in Your Writing is Similar to Having Religious Faith

      If you write a book, you are going to be monk-like sequestered, but        the comparison goes deeper than just the physicality the two        endeavours share. Faith means not worrying. That is what can be        called a  fearless, focussed writer. If you write, at some point, you        give yourself over [...]

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Positioning your writing

        Some writers find that have to organize their writing so that it fits just right    into their schedule. Others plug on forward with their writing without any    rhyme or pattern. And then there are writers somewhere in between who are    organized some days and they lack organization other days.         [...]

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Writers should not write too fast…..

Rushing blinds us to the obvious. Rushing comes from fear and is designed to keep the writer from looking down into the canyon and seeing how tenuous your perch may be on the wire. Rushing is a survival skill for some writers. Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, the brain tells the body. Chemicals [...]

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Writers must read a lot

  Writers must read many, many examples of what they’re trying to write. Some experts say that writers must read at least 100 books in the genre that they are writing.   For instance, say you want to write a picture book for kids. Experts suggest that you read at least 100 picture books so [...]

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