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So You Wrote a First Draft—Dear God! What NOW?

If we add too much of the wrong thing, we can spoil the entire novel. If we cut too much of the right stuff we can collapse the story.

Are We Undermining Our Own Writing Success?

I find that often when I work on habits in one area, other areas also improve. When I zoom in on waste in one area, I become aware of it in others.

Want Success? Embrace the GRIND

What do you want? How badly do you want it? What are you willing to sacrifice? These are the questions we must ask not once, but daily. There is no success without the GRIND.

Maybe It's Time to Give Up

An amateur is not someone who is merely new. An amateur is a mindset.

Is Perfectionism Killing Your Success?

Last time I wrote about stress and how it can kill creativity. Many “normal” people (code for “non writers”) see our job as play, as fun. They really don’t grasp what goes into creating the stories they all enjoy and that it is a lot of work. Also, because our field is so subjective, writers …

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