Get In The Habit Of Writing Every Day

courtesy of orangeacid

by jblan on February 4, 2010

By Jennifer Blanchard
It’s been argued back and forth for years about whether writers should be in the habit of writing every day.
Some writers believe that daily writing isn’t necessary, some writers only want to write when they feel inspired, while others refuse to deviate from their daily writing schedules.
Regardless of which group you fall into [...]

{ 8 comments }

By Jennifer Blanchard
Last week, on the blog, Zen Habits, business-genius, Seth Godin, wrote a guest post on “The Reason You’re Stuck (and the one best way to avoid the six ways that will keep you stuck).”
In the post, Godin defined two terms that are extremely relevant to all writers:

Ship—“Ship as in get it out the [...]

{ 3 comments }

“Who Says You Can’t Get Stoned?”

courtesy of P. Keigan

by jblan on February 2, 2010

By Jennifer Blanchard
Lately I’ve been challenging the beliefs I was raised on and it’s been a real struggle to make changes to my belief system.
Your belief system is ingrained in you. Your belief system is the thing that helps you make decisions on a day-to-day basis. It’s the thing that keeps you following a certain [...]

{ 6 comments }

Manufactured Belief—The Secret to Making Your Writing Dream Happen

January 28, 2010
Thumbnail image for Manufactured Belief—The Secret to Making Your Writing Dream Happen

By Jennifer Blanchard
If you’ve ever spent time daydreaming about your writing dream, but still can’t manage to believe that it can happen, you’re not alone. Many people feel this way.
They can’t imagine their writing dreams coming true because they can’t see how it will happen. They’re so attached to the “how” that they refuse to [...]

read more →

What Would It Mean For You To Reach Your Writing Goals?

January 27, 2010
Thumbnail image for What Would It Mean For You To Reach Your Writing Goals?

By Jennifer Blanchard
So far this month, I’ve written a lot about writing goals and writing dreams–how to create them, how to take steps toward them, how to reach them. If you missed any of the posts, here’s a list of all of them:

Attract Your Writing Dreams in 2010
Are You Talking Yourself Out of Your Writing [...]

read more →

Embrace What Makes You, You

January 26, 2010
Thumbnail image for Embrace What Makes You, You

By Jennifer Blanchard
“Be Yourself; Everyone else is already taken,”—Oscar Wilde
Last summer, I bowled on a Monday night mixed bowling league. And I noticed something—Everyone had their own unique way of throwing the ball down the lane.
One guy lifted his left arm up in the air, then as he brought it down, he threw the ball [...]

read more →

Introducing the Procrastinating Writers Interns

January 21, 2010

Procrastinating Writers has been growing by the days. It’s been an amazing journey, but it has grown so quickly it’s become too much for one person to handle.
So I recruited at my alma mater and found three fabulous interns.
They will be working with me to grow Procrastinating Writers to my 2010 goal of 50,000 visits [...]

read more →

What Is Your Writing Dream?—An Exercise

January 20, 2010
Thumbnail image for What Is Your Writing Dream?—An Exercise

By Jennifer Blanchard
I’ve spent a lot of time this month talking about writing dreams and writing goals and how to make them happen. I’m a huge believer in setting measurable goals because that’s the only way you’ll ever be able to keep track of what you’re working on and be able to determine how you’re [...]

read more →

Do Your Writing Goals Really Belong To You?

January 19, 2010
Thumbnail image for Do Your Writing Goals Really Belong To You?

By Jennifer Blanchard
Yesterday, Laura Lee Bloor of Tenacious Me wrote a post called, “Are Your Goals Really Yours?” which discussed making sure your goals are really your goals and not someone else’s goals.
That post inspired me to ask you—Are your writing goals really YOUR goals?
If you’ve had a writing goal on your “to-do” list for [...]

read more →

Dreaming From The Void

January 14, 2010
Thumbnail image for Dreaming From The Void

By Megs Payne
What exactly is the novel-writing process?
First, let us address what it is not.
The process of writing a novel is not the unfolding of your story. Setting, character, plot, premise—none of these have any bearing on the writing process.
It is not how you choose to write your story either.
Theme, structure, mood, tone are all [...]

read more →