You and I aren’t there yet. “There” may look different for both of us. You may want to be an author someday or work in the writing industry. Or you may just want to finally finish a draft or finally get some positive feedback. You’ve been working hard, but you feel like you haven’t made […]
Finding Joy In Your Writing, Even When It’s Hard
If anyone has ever said to you, “writing is easy,” I can bet without a doubt that you quickly and clearly corrected them. Writing is not easy. Just like life is not easy and trusting is not easy and being a Christian is not easy. Writing a twenty-five thousand-word outline is not easy. Writing a […]
How To Overcome Perfectionism As A Young Writer
You have an insatiable thirst for good writing. You can’t get enough of writing courses and articles that teach you all about how to improve your writing craft. You devour good books with complex characters, unpredictable plots, and deep themes. You slave away at your own stories, spending hours creating unforgettable plots and characters that […]
Don’t Let Writing Stall Your Life: Your Words Matter, But Your Life Matters More
There are a thousand and one things that you could be spending your time on, and probably another thousand things you should be spending your time on. . . and a couple hundred other things you want to be spending your time on. In other words, you’re bust. Writers like you, especially when you’re trying […]
Help, I Have Writing Anxiety
Writing is amazing. You love it. You’re forming a concept for a new story concept, and it’s coming along great. Until you read another writer’s concept. And then you realize that yours isn’t as good, and there’s a lot of work to be done until it’s perfect. You want to write, you love writing, but […]
Why Motivation Is A Myth
You can’t seem to finish any of your writing projects. No matter how amazing an idea sounds, it soon joins the pile of forgotten stories. Are you doing something wrong? Why can other writers finish their stories, but not you? Many people try to write a book. From preschoolers to teenagers to adults to grandparents, […]