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Don't Agonize Alone! Make and Maintain Connections to Other Writers
Why writing community matters and where to find it: coaching, critique partners, and writing organizations, with links by genre.
You Haven't Failed: What to Do When Your Writing Plan Falls Apart
One of the things that plagues most of us at some time or another is that we’re afraid we’re not sticking to the plan or meeting expectations. Every one of my clients has at some point apologized to me for not getting ‘enough’ done, not meeting a deadline, or for taking a break when they need it.
Can’t Write This Week? Ways to support your writing without writing
I know I’m the one who is supposed to dispense advice around here, but I’d love to hear how you balance your writing time with all the other demands of life. Some weeks, despite my best planning and intentions, it just doesn’t come together.
As my friend and fellow book coach Terri Thayer has said to me, we do this by choice. We all sit down to write knowing that at times we’re torturing ourselves. I remind myself that I could be doing other things. And sometimes I choose to do those other things, and that is okay.