What I Learned on Writer’s Residency
My summer writer's residency in Alaska changed my writing process in a few fundamental ways. A couple months out from my writer's residency, here's what sticks with me most.
Can Morning Pages Help You Overcome Writers Block?
In the last post I shared a little bit about that stuck feeling and tricks to overcome it. But one of my favorite ways to overcome writers’ block is through morning pages, a tool from The Artist’s Way.
I don’t do morning pages any longer, but I did them daily when I was working through the Artist’s Way after writer’s block, a health crisis, depression, and getting married (no wonder I couldn’t write with all that shit going on).
How to Deal With a Bad Writing Day
When you're going through a bad day, the trick is not to internalize all the crap that comes up. Recognize it, acknowledge it, and then keep going until you've hit your goal. Here are a few ways I do that.