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What to do when you come up empty
Note from Jenna: This is a guest post by Naomi Dunford, my friend and business consultant who runs IttyBiz.com. Although she's writing from the perspective of business writing or blogging, her...
Every writing project is an investment
Every project I work on – especially when it's a long-form piece – has begun to feel like an investment: In myself, in my writing, in my future.Each one starts out seeming so simple. Just an idea....
How I rebooted my blogging habit after baby #2
Pre-baby #2 last May, I was blogging on a weekly basis. I had a precision system in place. Every week during one of the 60-minute writing sprints we run for my community, I would knock out about...
Are you writing fast enough?
I'm learning to write faster. With blogging I’m already fairly quick, though my recent writing voice recalibration has slowed me down a bit (more on this in a future installment). But in terms of...
What I really think when you’re not writing
When someone joins my writing community, and doesn’t participate, I am always fascinated to know why. I don’t assume that the person is lazy or just not writing. And sometimes there are real...
The burden of being a writer
My best friend reminded me the other day that I have chosen an artist’s career. Her words hit me over the head like a metal bucket, with all the accompanying reverberations one might expect. Wait. I...
Minding my own business (managing the distractions so I can focus on my life, my kids, and my writing)
In this über-distractified world we live in, minding our own business is becoming increasingly important. I’ve been paying a lot of attention to the way I start my day in this regard. Whose day is...
Writing through exhaustion, sickness, and grief . . . or not?
It's been a rough couple of months. My mother-in-law passed away at the end of January. I've managed to have two colds since then (yes, I know it's only February 20th), and the second one has been a...
The real reason you don’t have time to write
Today I'm reprinting a revised version of a favorite article that appeared on the blog in January 2012. It's just as relevant today as it was then. Enjoy! One of the most common excuses I hear from...
When you aren’t rewarding yourself for writing
When it comes to rewarding ourselves for writing, I see many writers being stingy about it. Please don't be stingy! In my writing community we have a question on our daily progress report that...
Your top “7’s” writing posts from 2014 (your favorite one is no surprise!)
Apparently I think in sevens a lot, at least when it comes to writing about writing. As I was reviewing the most-read posts of 2014, apparently sevens were appealing to you, too. These "7's"...