Face Your Fear, Find Your Freedom

Replace assumptions, dig deep, and ditch fear for freedom.

Going Off-lead

Writing can be like riding a horse on its off gait, the best solution is to loosen your grip and let go.

Where’s Your Will to be Weird?

Writers observe, analyze and articulate, making us the ultimate outsiders and the oddest-man-out of the bunch – so embrace the strange and let it lead you to unexpected triumphs and adventures.

High Dives and Leaps of Faith

Writing requires a certain fearlessness in the face of past failures, and sometimes the most frightening challenge involves returning the page once more.

Strength through Surrender

Treat writer’s block like a terrible flu, give in to the symptoms and make the most of the creative hermitage.

Riding the Writer’s Wave

Writers, release the ball and chain of perfectionism and embrace the sloppy, unpredictable but so-much-more satisfying rhythm of fits and starts and landing with a satisfied thump at the finish line.

From Paris with Love

For writers, it’s tempting to try to record every moment of an adventure, but sometimes it’s better to surrender the pen and ink and just let the experience wash over you.

Writing As Habit

The fastest way to become a proficient writer is to make writing a part of your daily routine.There are many variations of the adage that talent matters little when not paired with persistence, and my experiences over the last several months have proved to me that small, incremental steps really can take you farther than you could ever imagine.

The Pen is Mightier…

Sometimes life can get in the way of your creative goals and endeavors. It’s hard to sit down and write when arguments and expectations are whirling in your head, battling for attention. It’s even worse when the ones you love drag you onto to their stage, shove a tin sword in your hand and push you out to challenge their dragons.

Your Past Can Be Your Creative Guide

As writers and artists, we understand our creations are the culmination of our feelings and experiences, but how many of us are truly mining our histories for gems and treasures to fuel our projects and our self-perception?

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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed…”

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