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Hey Writers! I had a request that I feel many of you will be able to relate to. “Do you have any advice on how to find that writing time daily for my own work when I am tired from writing other's work.” What can we do when we’re struggling to make time for ourselves after a day of writing/working for others? How can we deal with feelings of discouragement when we’re not advancing in our own writing? There may even be a sense that your inspiration has been ‘hijacked’! Join me in my Facebook group (link in bio) for tips and support to ensure you’re tending to your own needs and dreams. 🌱 Gabriela x #WriteNoMatterWhat Performance Coaching for Writers and practitioners! Get the words on the page, Get in that window display! #writingpractice #writingmotivation #writerslife #writingproblems #lifecoach #writingadvice #writingtips #amwriting #writersnetwork #writersblock #writingtip #writemore #entrepreneur #writerssupportingwriters #writingcommunity #writeabook #writinglife #bookwritingWe’ve all heard various writing experts talk about how hard it can be to nail the correct tone or style in any particular project. Whenever we want to start something new, it can seem impossible to come up with the right voice, and this often leads to a project that never gets started at all. But today I want to share the secret to finding your voice in writing. Come find me on Facebook for the full video! Looking forward to connecting 😊 Gabriela x #WriteNoMatterWhat Performance Coaching for Writers and practitioners! Get the words on the page, Get in that window display! #writingpractice #writingmotivation #writerslife #writingproblems #lifecoach #writingadvice #writingtips #amwriting #writersnetwork #writersblock #writingtip #writemore #entrepreneur #writerssupportingwriters #writingcommunity #writeabook #writinglife #bookwritingReady to end procrastination? I’d like to offer some practices that will interrupt the thoughts that cause you to postpone your writing! Come join me in my Facebook Group 😊 See the link in my bio. #WriteNoMatterWhat Performance Coaching for Writers and practitioners! Get the words on the page, Get in that window display! #writingpractice #writingmotivation #writerslife #writingproblems #lifecoach #writingadvice #writingtips #amwriting #writersnetwork #writersblock #writingtip #writemore #entrepreneur #writerssupportingwriters #writingcommunity #writeabook #writinglife #bookwritingCategories
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Tag Archives: Writing process
Isn’t it a little coarse to go and bang on the drums just because the doorbell is ringing?
I acted in a student film once and afterwards, at the wrap party in a fusty house at the top of town, I rode an office chair down the hill, flying across the junction at the bottom, ramming the pavement … Continue reading
Posted in Essay
Tagged advice, Alice Munro, Creative writing, editing, Gabriela Blandy, how to write, short story, Writing, writing advice, Writing process
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Writing isn’t just about having an idea – you have to know what to do with it
I’m sitting at the bar of a coffeeshop in Amsterdam, scribbling away. A man, standing next to me, gestures at my notebook and says: what do you write? I’m actually writing about my notebook, I tell him. Some people who … Continue reading
Posted in Essay, Fiction, Memoir, Travel
Tagged Creative writing, editing, Fiction, Gabriela Blandy, how to write, Memoir, short story, travelling, Writer's block, Writing, writing advice, Writing process
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Sometimes, you just have to get over yourself
There’s nothing like a high-five from a published poet, especially if it’s the gifted Clare Shaw, to help you get over yourself. So, I’ve written this poem, I tell Clare and Jim Friel and the other writers gathered in the … Continue reading
Posted in Essay, Poetry
Tagged A Posthumous Affair, Arvon, Clare Shaw, Creative writing, Gabriela, Gabriela Blandy, Head On, how to write, Jim Friel, Jonathan Lee, Poetry, The Hurst, Writing, writing advice, Writing process
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What’s the one word that describes how you feel?
Nobody says anything at first. I look at the faces around the room – fifteen, sixteen year olds who are expecting to stand in front of an audience in a few days and read some of their writing. I wait. … Continue reading
Something to think about other than how crap you are
Jonathan Lee told me he can’t write in that beginning to end way we used to have to do in exams. He likes to cut and paste. I take a lot of guidance from those school essay writing days: sheets of … Continue reading
Posted in Essay
Tagged Creative writing, Gabriela Blandy, how to write, Jonathan Lee, Writer's block, Writing, writing advice, Writing Practice, Writing process
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Perhaps we touch, my muse and I
My first sexual fantasies, age thirteen, were set in a boys’ school. I was the housemaster’s daughter, visiting on a stormy weekend, where an overnight dump of snow had left us without telephone or roads. I had started a fever. … Continue reading
Posted in Essay
Tagged Creative writing, creativity, fear, Freud, Gabriela Blandy, how to write, Joyce Carol Oates, Love, muse, Relationships, Rousseau, Writer's block, Writing, writing advice, Writing process
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The Dance of Avoidance
Go outside, find something – bring it back indoors, put it on your desk, write about it. I’ve done writing classes like this. Responses to this task rupture out of each other – each one, bringing two more, which in … Continue reading
Posted in Essay
Tagged Adam Phillips, editing, fear, Gabriela Blandy, George Saunders, how to write, obstacles, Writing, writing advice, Writing process
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