Today’s post has migrated to the Loft Literary Center’s “Writer’s Block” blog. Please read Part 1 first so you’ll know why you want to forget about resolutions before you read Part 2 to learn how to move into New Year’s Vision. And while you’re there, check out the Loft staff’s creative ideas for the New Year.
Let’s celebrate! We’re halfway through the dark! Winter starts today (for those of us in the northern hemisphere). Frigid winds will blow down from the arctic. The temps will drop. We’ll get snow and ice and more gloomy days than we wish. BUT, from this day forward, every day will be a little longer. The … More Bright Solstice!
Today’s post, Stop Stopping Yourself With Premature Edits, has migrated to Joel Canfield’s Someday Box blog. While you’re there, check out Joel’s blog. Since you appreciate my blog, chances are you’ll like his, too. If you followed a link here from Joel’s blog, welcome! Please explore my previous posts and pages and let me know … More Stop Stopping Your Writing
We can find significant gifts in darkness. Just as seeds sprout in the darkness underground, creative insight requires a time of not knowing and wandering lost in the dark. You can’t become enlightened if you haven’t traveled through darkness. You can’t write satisfying fiction or memoir if your characters don’t face the darkness in the … More Writers Gift: Darkness Is as Much a Gift as Light
How do you define ideal writing conditions? Is caffeine essential to kick your brain into writing mode? Would writing be impossible if your computer crashed? Do you need absolute quiet and solitude? Or are background sounds and activity a must for you? Would you delay writing for more than five minutes looking for a special … More “Ideal Conditions” Is Code for “Writer’s Resistance”
Throughout December, I’ll suggest tips for creativity-enhancing or just plain fun gifts for writers in a series of blog and Facebook posts. (Be sure you’re subscribed to both.) Please Share any posts that strike your fancy with your family and friends. Writer Gift Tip #1: Lights, Hope, Action! In the northern hemisphere, December is the … More Writer Gifts
Share Festive Photos of Your Creative Brain! You might win a gift – You will definitely have fun! Send a photo or video of your Pink Creative Brain: Dressed up for the holidays Helping you decorate Reminding you to celebrate creativity Or anywhere else that’s festive, creative and fun! Retouch, crop, tint and Photoshop your … More New Photo Contest Opens with Festive Photos Featuring Your Creative Brain
Karyn Milos won the final drawing in the Where’s Your Creative Brain Photo Contest with her “Heart’s Desire” entry. Karyn says her heart’s desire is to “create something amazing.” She’s working on a novel about a gay couple in the 1920s and 30s. Congratulations Karyn!I hope your free copy of Around the Writer’s Block will … More “Heart’s Desire” Wins Final Drawing in Where’s Your Creative Brain Photo Contest
If you appreciate what you read in BaneOfYourResistance (BOYR), please spread the word to your writer’s group, friends, colleagues, maybe even the writing comunity as a whole… I’m honored that Linda White nominated BYOR as one of Write to Done’s Top Ten Blogs for Writers. If you agree with Linda, please nominate BaneOfYourResistance again. To … More Like What You See?
Beccy is the author of beccyjoy, a blog she uses to share stories from her perspective as a young psychotherapist, Christian, mom, wife, writer and Minnesotan. Beccy posts focus on “having great relationships, motherhood, having awesome mental health, faith, saving money, being active, pursuing dreams, and understanding each other.” I’m honored to share Beccy’s observations … More $66 to Replace Writing Resistance with a Writing Habit: Guest Post by BeccyJoy
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