Are You Waiting for Permission to Write?
I waited for years to start writing fiction. Inside, I felt like I had to get some kind of stamp of approval before I was "allowed" to write. That I needed an expert or agent or mentor or master...
Are you called to write?
I believe in callings. I believe that each of us has something that we were put here to do, and when we find what it is, we must do it with all our hearts. And... it isn't always easy to get clear...
10 Tips to Help You Keep Writing Through the Holidays
It's a busy time. There's a lot going on and a lot expected of us with the next round of holidays looming on the horizon. It's also a time when we start looking ahead to the new year. Maybe more in...
What has writing given you that you’re grateful for?
It's Thanksgiving here in the U.S., so many of us are thinking about gratitude.It occurred to me that since here at Called to Write we focus on writing, it might be worth thinking about what we are...
How to use your inner wisdom to choose your next writing project
So let's return to our topic of choosing your next writing project. In my first post in this series, I wrote about where and how writers tend to get stuck choosing writing projects. In my...
Getting a handle on the online distractions that keep you from writing
Yesterday I had the pleasure of listening to psychologist Jessica Michaelson speak about dealing with our "click and scroll" compulsions in the context of how they keep us from living the lives we...
Choose a writing project with decision criteria
Today I'm continuing a series I started last week about choosing writing projects. This is the first post of the series where I'm delving into HOW to choose a project. In the last post I wrote about...
Where Writers Get Stuck Choosing Writing Projects
An issue a lot of writers get stuck on is choosing. Choosing what to write, what to focus on, which project to start with. I've seen writers longing to write but feeling paralyzed about making a...
The opposite of resistance is insistence
Overcoming resistance to writing requires more effort initially than it does later on, particularly if you build a writing habit and get into the swing of doing it every day without question, like...
Today is the perfect day to clean your writing desk
Ordinarily I recommend writing first and cleaning later. I stand by that today, too. Do your writing, then clean your writing desk. But today is still a good day to clean your desk. Here's why. As...
What if you treated your writing like a business?
I seem to have a business mindset at the forefront right now (see my post from last week about criteria for bestowing grants), which isn't surprising when you consider that we're going through a...
About this “there’s no such thing as writer’s block” thing
I get kind of pissed off when people say there’s no such thing as writer’s block. People say “you don’t ever hear of plumber’s block, do you?” And, “Writers write. If you’re a writer, write.” Which,...