Help for Struggling Writers
SURPRISE! I wrote a guided journal for writers!
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The Writers Therapist
The Magic of the Second Draft
How shifting my mindset turned revisions into my favorite part of writing.
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Wintering My Writing Routine
Here’s the truth of it all. I am passionate about writing. But once I started publishing, I replaced the need for creativity with a need to escape the daily grind of 9-5 work. My life goal became to make enough money from my books to quit my day job altogether and write for a living….
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8 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Self-Publishing My First Book
#1. You won’t get to quit your day job
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What’s the Point of Writing?
If you’re a writer and ready to give up, read this first. I know you’re tired. I know you have times when you wonder what the point is. You wake up early, stare at that blank page, and aren’t sure why you even bother. You have things you want to say, but you’re afraid no one
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How to heal your bruised writer’s ego and keep writing
He let me know how strong the bones of the story were, but that it needed more work before it was done. My ego flared brighter with each mark on the story. I mean, I’ve been a writer all my life, and an avid reader. I knew what I was doing, dammit. So I did the mature thing. I decided to quit writing.
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Vulnerability hangover? Nah.
Usually after I write an ultra vulnerable post, admitting all the things I’m struggling with, I wake up with a vulnerability hangover. Not today. I feel relief, like breathing is a little easier.
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Life is a mother
I’m in this super deep funk right now where I can’t see up from down. Sure, I can blame COVID, but this has been going on since way before we knew what it was like to SIP for months on end. In an attempt to purge myself of every block standing in the way of my writing, I’m going to be ultra vulnerable here and spew my stuff in this blog post. Get comfy. This is long.
Six Weeks of Going Slow
I had big plans six weeks ago when we were ordered to shelter in place….
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No, Crissi, you can’t do all the things
Everyone has limits. Here are mine.
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