Do you often set creative writing goals for the new year? Maybe you want to finish writing your first draft or land a publishing agent. Goal-setting...
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How to Use The Desire Map to Achieve Your Writing Goals
Laporte's The Desire Map is a workbook that helps us we align our goals with our core desired feelings. From a young age, we’ve learned how to set...
The Best 3 Artist Dates for Every Writer Personality
Every writer personality enjoys different adventures. If you’ve read my blog post on Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way, you may be wondering...
Empower Your Writing Journey with “The Artist’s Way”
In her book, “The Artist’s Way,” Julia Cameron states that, “Creativity is our true nature” (introduction-xiii). It is innate within us. Yet, many...
How to Overcome Procrastination and Achieve Your Writing Goals
If you’ve read my blog post on how procrastination can be a writer’s best friend, you may be thinking, “But, Julia, it’s not for me. I can't...
How to Define Success as a Writer
Here’s a little anecdote: Last week, I overheard one of my students telling her friend that I (their teacher) was not a real author because I didn’t...
Writer’s Burnout: How to Rediscover Joy in Writing
Are you feeling uninspired by your current writing project? Do you feel physically and mentally drained? You may be experiencing burnout. We’ve all...
Liberated Author: Overcoming Perfectionism to Love Writing Again
I'm a perfectionist. Before I engaged in therapy, my perfectionist tendencies were at their most destructive. I worried about all the “what ifs” and...
How To Celebrate Small Wins: Maintain Motivation to Write
Let me ask you something: why is it that when we feel the excitement of getting closer to our creative goals and it’s bursting out of our chest, we...