I was raised in a family where there's a right way and a wrong way, and great woe to the one who chose the wrong way. It was my early training program in perfectionism. I learned to figure out what...
Writing consistently, regularly, and honestly is a challenge. But it's a challenge worth meeting. And when it comes to delivering on that task, it turns out that discipline is an over-rated solution...
Resistance to writing is rife at this time of year. Perhaps that's why we're so well primed to resolve to "do better" when the New Year rolls around. (Though personally I'm not that big a fan of...
Note from Jenna: This is a guest post from my friend, writer, and favorite business consultant, Naomi Dunford. Naomi is an incredibly inspiring writer, and she also happens to be the only business...
Note from Jenna: This guest post from one of my favorite writers and colleagues: Jamie Lee Scott. Jamie is an amazing author, screenwriter, and entrepreneur who has a real handle on the world of...
As I mentioned in a recent post, as writers --particularly undertaking big writing projects like a book, novel, screenplay, or even NaNoWriMo! -- we need to be mindful about our self-talk and keep...
I got off the phone on Tuesday with some of our writing community members and I was left with this question: to NaNo or not to NaNo? Several writers in my sphere are wrestling with the question of...
Will you take the NaNo plunge? In many ways the purpose of NaNo is the same as the writing community's purpose — it’s about making the writing happen. The main difference I see is that in my writing...
This week I'm reading Chris Guillebeau's freshly published book: The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest that Will Bring Purpose to Your Life. I've been a longtime follower of Chris's blog, The...
Ugh. Procrastination. We're all familiar with that simultaneous desire to write and the repulsion from writing that leads us into the nether realm of procrastination. We're doing something else --...
Note from Jenna: This guest post from one of the fabulous writers in my community members: Sonya Sigler. In this article Sonya talks how she's set herself up for ongoing success with her writing,...
Note from Jenna: This guest post is from Terri Fedonczak, a parenting coach, author, and writing community coach. I've loved working with Terri through the writing community over the last few years,...