Power Writing

Reading time: About 4 minutes Thoroughly blocked with your writing? Here’s how to write when it feels impossible… Earlier this year, the New York Times ran an article about exercise under the headline, “I want to work out more BUT…” So, today I’m going to borrow their concept, as well […]

Reading time: About 2 minutes Do you keep writing yourself dry? The next time you sit down to write, take some important steps to protect your future self… Do you usually try to write yourself dry? Stop it! But perhaps you don’t even know what I mean by that strange

Reading time: About 3 minutes If you’re not writing to the point of pain from time to time, you’re probably not pushing yourself hard enough…. My husband and I went to Phoenix the last week of January — our first get-on-a-plane holiday since the pandemic. Part of the reason we’ve

Reading time: About 3 minutes The word failed makes us feel like, well, failures. But reconsidering your failed New Year’s resolutions can yield some hopeful results… By mid-February, many people have collected an assortment of failed New Year’s resolutions. Especially if those resolutions involved exercise or writing. But instead of

Reading time: About 3 minutes If you’re producing boring writing, you need to figure out why. Could the problem be as simple as your sentence structure? Do you ever worry that your writing is too boring? Don’t fret — you’re not alone. Most writers are overwhelmingly self-critical. But the issue

Reading time: About 4 minutes Writing is work, true, but to help yourself be more successful at it, you need to learn how to make writing more fun…. If you love playing tennis, do you procrastinate when a friend asks if you want to play a game? If you adore

Reading time: About 4 minutes Does your self-critical voice work to shut down your writing? If so, here are five useful tips on how to silence your inner editor while you’re trying to write… Begin by understanding that we all talk to ourselves. And most of what we say is

Reading time: About 4 minutes Do you try to be “all in” with your writing, even though you might not have very much time to do it? It’s a great strategy to pursue…. I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “all in.” For example, you might say you’re “all in” with