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Top 5 Myths that Are Stopping You from Writing Your Credibility Building Book
Most coaches and healers know they need to write their creditability building book so they can connect with potential clients in a helpful and authentic way to grow their businesses. However, too many of you are held back by these myths.
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Track Your Writing Habit
It’s easier to write when you write regularly. I’m not suggesting you ignore all of your other commitments to spend hours at your keyboard every day. That’s actually not very productive or pleasant. What works, in this case, happens to be what’s easier: writing little and often. Commit to writing for at least 15 minutes… Read more
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Reward Yourself for Writing
We, as humans, respond well to definite, positive rewards. I know of a writer who lines up their favourite sweets on the desk and they get one for every 100 words they write. Another buys a couple of decadent truffles from a local chocolatier every Friday if they met their goal to write for at least 15-minutes… Read more
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Snack to beat writer’s block
Develop your snack writing habit.
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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 first draft so I could start revisions, it struck me that reading this excerpt sooner rather than later could save some of you from a future headache.… Read more
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The Embodied Writer: How to get physically healthy in a sedentary desk job
As writers, we can often feel like heads on sticks. Our focus is on the mental world, where the cognitive tussles of structure, logic, and creativity take priority, and the body is easily forgotten. Yet as writing is such a desk-based, sedentary pursuit, it’s vital that to stay healthy we become more embodied in our writing practice. But how to do this, when it seems that the very conditions of our occupation limit our opportunities for physical movement?
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How to Quickly and Easily Outline Your Writing
In my previous post, I discussed how to craft a thesis statement. If you have yours to hand, get it out—you’ll need it for your outline. If you haven’t written one yet, reread the previous post and write one. Once you have a thesis, you’re ready to outline. Before I continue, I should confess that… Read more
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The Best Way to Focus Your Topic
I’ll begin by stating the obvious; whether you’re writing a blog post, an article, or a book, you need to have a point. Now, you need to state that point in a single sentence.
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Why do you need to brainstorm your book?
This post explains how brainstorming gets your creative juices flowing and gives you four methods of brainstorming to try for yourself.
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How Freewriting Can Make You a Fast and Fearless Writer
All writers fear the blank page sometimes. Freewriting helps you fill that page quickly and easily. Once you have words on the page, you can start shaping them into the final product.
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