Your Final Responsibility to Your Story: Creative Stewardship
When you’ve finished your story, it’s time to step into a stewardship role to place it in the best position ...
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The key to an author’s emotional wellbeing and continued productivity is creating a support system, and knowing which part to ...
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Envision your inner critic as an adjustable dial: turn it lower to let ideas flow freely, and higher when it’s ...
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One of the hard parts of working on a book is that day-to-day progress isn’t readily visible. Give yourself credit ...
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Building up courage to own your identity as a writer starts when you realize you need to ask someone for ...
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This choice has nothing to do with the act of writing, but everything to do with how you talk to ...
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Today is the day you start building financial habits to acknowledge the inherent monetary worth of your writing ...
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To survive and be happy in a creative career, focus on WHAT you’re doing and WHY—and have faith that everything ...
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When we’re dealt life-altering circumstances, how do we stay true to creative ambitions while finding a whole new way of ...
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