Writing your messy draft, aka first draft, is by far the most time consuming part of the process. The main challenges you'll face at this stage are in
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Bodily autonomy, anti-choice, forced birth
Unless you've somehow avoided all media since last Friday, you've heard that SCOTUS overturned Roe v Wade - triggering anti-choice laws in lots of red states and prompting
Pre-work: Before you start your book (3+ hours)
Before you start your book, you need to do some pre-work on your mindset, commitment to the project, and understanding of what's really involved. Pre-work step 1: Your
You can be an author: The myth of the natural writer
You – right now, today – have what it takes to be an author. If you're not, could this myth be getting in your way? When you hear
Do you know enough to write a book?
Would-be authors ask me whether they know enough to write a book all the time. It’s in the top 3 concerns people have about writing a book –
Quick fix pitfalls for authors
If you’ve followed me for any length of time, you’ve seen a lot from me about how to make writing easier and how to keep your book from
Keep Your Work Safe
Over the last few weeks I've been writing the first draft of a book about writing a book about your business. As I was preparing to print the
How a Writing Ritual Puts You in Control of Your Creativity
Have you thought about your writing ritual lately? Rituals are powerful. We all already know that. If rituals weren’t powerful, we wouldn’t see so many of them in,
How to Write Like You Talk to Your Friends
When you learn to write like you talk to your friends, you stop getting blocked In a blog post from 2011, Seth Godin famously pointed out: ‘No one
The Stories of Our Lives
If you’ve come across Donald Miller’s Building a Story Brand (2017) – or work by anyone who’s been influenced by him – you’ll know that story and narrative