by Paula | Aug 11, 2022 | Writing Life
Books take time to write. They require deep thinking and creative energy. It’s okay to take a week off. Wanna know why? You’re writing the book in your head; making connections of one idea to another; creating your book’s first line–the single...
by Paula | Nov 2, 2021 | Writing Life
Quick! There’s a due date careening toward you and you’ve got to write something or else. And you’ve heard it said that you need to allow yourself to write. OK, so, start writing. But, wait! Where’s your outline? Can’t write without one of those! OK, start...
by Paula | Sep 21, 2021 | Writing Life
Most people would answer ‘no,’ and that’s fine. Most people don’t write very often beyond the odd shopping list or text to a friend or family member. But what if writing is an important part of your career or life and something you value and enjoy? If so, do you...
by Paula | Nov 13, 2020 | Writing Life
Human limits or limitations? That’s the prompt I gave to my writers in salon today–Human limits or you can call them human limitations. Salon works like this–For 60 minutes, they write what comes to them when they repeat the words ‘human limits’ to...
by Paula | Oct 31, 2018 | Writing Life
Writers often think of writing as a romantic, dreamy task that’s less task and more pleasurable pastime. Think: café, lattes, notebook next to laptop, the chatter of others drinking their lattes . . . you know what I mean. And then reality sets in. The café is a bit...
