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Writing in the Time of Pandemic

by in Writing Life


I saw my neighbor and fellow writer Beth in the park (at a safe distance). She told me her family was okay, her husband was working from home and she was maintaining her writing habits. I congratulated Beth and thought, “Well, there’s at least one writer who’s able to focus on writing.” Maybe the post […]

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Stop Shoulding Yourself into Writer’s Block

by on August 16, 2011 in Common Forms of Resistance, Overcoming Resistance


Writer’s resistance often comes from fear, but sometimes it comes from not understanding and respecting the creative process and our own unique way of working within that process. We get wrapped up in how we think we should write and worried that we’re doing it wrong. “I should have this figured it out by now.” […]

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