Add a Scream Diet to Your Writing Practice
Many writers doubt their voices or all together confidence in their ideas. Use this unconventional strategy to regain yours and experience greater freedom.
Inspiration
Writing With Courage in a Fear-Driven World
How do you embrace your fears and live with greater acceptance? Follow Andrea Gibson’s lead and learn to be fully present.
When the Wave Hits: Reclaiming Your Writing Voice After a Life Disruption
Reclaiming your writing voice and sense of peace after major disruptions can be difficult. This acceptance-building exercise can lead to more ease and grace.
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How to Identify Your Writing Strengths (and Why You Should Lead With Them)
Wondering what your writing strengths are? Try this exercise, plus discover a second sweet way to find out how your writing shines.
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Four Tips for Reading Your Work Out Loud
Interested in reading your work out loud to a live audience? Use these tips to improve your performance.
How Two Writers Turned Sibling Loss Into a Published Anthology—and What You Can Learn from Their Journey
Learn how Lynn Shattuck and Alyson Shelton found solace and a publishing path for The Loss of a Lifetime anthology on sibling loss.
The Loss of a Lifetime: Finding Belonging After Sibling Loss
This week, we’re examining four additional unspoken, shame-based rules that harm writers’ mental health.
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The 11 Hidden Rules That Sabotage Writers’ Success & Mental Health – Part Three
This week, we’re examining four additional unspoken, shame-based rules that harm writers’ mental health.
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The 11 Hidden Rules That Sabotage Writers’ Success & Mental Health – Part Two
This week, we’re examining four additional unspoken, fear-driven rules that harm writers’ mental health.
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The 11 Hidden Rules That Sabotage Writers’ Success & Mental Health – Part One
Here are the first three of the unspoken rules harming writers’ mental health and how to rewrite them for greater well-being and creative fulfillment.
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Suicide, Grief, and Writer Mental Health
Writers are sensitive souls who need to protect their mental health. Learn why this is so important and why I’m addressing it.
The Lie That’s Ruining Your Writing Life
The way we measure our worth in capitalistic societies is ruining your writing life. Here’s how to protect your creativity.
The Art of Juxtaposition: How One Failed Birthday Trip Taught Me to Write Better Stories
The way we measure our worth in capitalistic societies is ruining your writing life. Here’s how to protect your creativity.
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Reflections on Time, Timelines, and Trusting the Creative Process
While memoirists often think of ancestors as a source of pain, finding a safe one can give added support to your writing life.
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How to Invite Your Ancestors Into Your Writing Life
While memoirists often think of ancestors as a source of pain, finding a safe one can give added support to your writing life.
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Memoir Is Medicine: Why Your Story Matters More Than Ever
When life feels heavy, creativity isn’t frivolous. Learn why memoir is medicine that heals and nourishes the soul.
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Navigating the Hero’s Journey and Heroine’s Journey in Memoir
Understanding the hero’s and heroine’s journey can empower you by helping you select the best structure for your memoir.
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Breaking the Mold: Writing Your Authentic Story
Sometimes the litmus tests we live by need to be deconstructed so we can uncover our authentic story, because when we do, we change the world.
Grief, Joy, and the Radical Act of Living
Use these writing prompts to embrace the radical act of living and refill your creative cup in honor of the passing of my colleague Susan DeFreitas.