Writing Tips – Book Reviews – Productivity for Creatives
One vampiric curse we all have is self-doubt. We talk ourselves down from doing things, we second guess ourselves, and we listen to the internal monologue that tells us we are not good enough and our ideas are crap. This self destructive conversation sucks us dry of the motivational life-blood that keeps us going and… Continue reading Affirmations and Creativity
I recently watched a really good video created by How To ADHD on YouTube about “the Wall of Awful.” Although I’m neurotypical, I found a lot of the concepts were interesting and applied to me as a creative. The “Wall of Awful” analogy was created by Brendan Mahan of ADHD Essentials to describe why it… Continue reading Overcoming Your “Wall of Awful”
I want to try a different blog post format this week. The past few times I’ve been giving direction and advice, but this time I wanted to make it more about accountability. I’ve mentioned in previous posts I’m 4-5 chapters away from finishing the manuscript for my current novel, but since then, I’m encountering a… Continue reading The Twenty Mile March
I finally feel like I’m hitting stride coping with coronavirus. It is so much easier for me to stay at home now, and I feel like I’m making good progress with my writing. I realize that not many people can say that and I feel particularly blessed. Part of the reason I’m doing much better… Continue reading Fill Your Creative Well
Starting a new habit is a lot like riding an elephant. Imagine, if you will, a rider on the back of an elephant, reins in hand and a clear goal in mind, excited for a new adventure. The rider flicks the reins and urges the elephant to start on the adventure, but the elephant doesn’t… Continue reading The Writer vs The Elephant
With all the news updates, and social, family, and economic chaos the world has been thrown into due to COVID-19, do you feel that you can’t seem to think straight or get anything done? Good news is you aren’t alone. Most of us have been at home about a month or longer and many people… Continue reading Thought Space
I have a trick to getting more quality work done. A hack that taps into human biology and helps me be more efficient with my energy and focus so I can get better writing done, before my brain runs out of juice to function. I’ve made my ultradian rhythm my slave. Okay, whatever, Ais, but… Continue reading Ultradian Rhythm: Work With Your Grain
Last week, I mentioned some writing advice I got from a panel Jeff Wheeler was on at the Storymakers Writing Conference a year ago, and I wanted to go a little bit more in depth about it. A quick rehash: Wheeler used “laying tile” as a metaphor to describe his writing process (he puts out… Continue reading The Fruits of “Laying Tile”: Set Up For Success
The Plotter's Apprentice 