Archive - To Write with Wild Abandon

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Or, the Problem with Perfectionism - How it may have killed the publishing career of one author, and how to overcome it one word at a time.

Feb 8

Or, Redefining “Perfect”

Feb 22

Or, What to Do When the Muses Barge in at the Wrong Time | Elizabeth Gilbert believes that ideas are magical beings looking for a human partner to bring…

Apr 19

Or, How Rituals Can Help You Get into the Writing Mindset - Having trouble getting the creative juices flowing when you need them? Create your own…

Mar 22

Or, what the heck is the difference between rituals, routines, and habits anyway?

Apr 5

My next newsletter post was not going to be this one. In fact, I was working on the last edits when I had an idea for different post. So, heeding my own…

Jan 25

Or, Why Writing Goals are Important - Jim Carrey gave himself a goal and became one of the biggest Hollywood stars. What are your writing goals?

Mar 8

Or, Inspiration and the Question We *Should* Be Asking | Neil Gaiman tells the hilarious story of why writers are so hostile to this question. Here is…

May 17

Or, Some Motor-vation to Get You Out On Your Writing Highway | Writing can be hard, even though it should be fun! This "To Write with Wild Abandon…

May 10

Ski jumping is not something you can take up casually. I live in a city that was for years one of the training facilities for the Canadian Ski Jumping…

Jan 11

Or, How to Lose Fear of the Blank Page by Befriending It | Michael Connelly, author of the Bosch crime thriller series, said "writin' is fightin'". I…

May 3

Pop quiz: how did Da Vinci invent the bicycle? If you said: “Hours of hard work at a drafting table combining the laws of physics with an ergonomic…

Dec 28, 2021

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