Comments on: Is Fear Freezing Up Your Creativity?

By: D. Margara

D. Margara — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 02:42:33 +0000

Reblogged this on Nothing Important Happened Today.

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:26:19 +0000

In reply to Carol. LOVE the elephant analogy, Carol. Those lies we tell ourselves stop us cold, at least they do so for me. I set a timer and tell myself: I only have to get through these 20-30 mins. That seems so be working for me right now.

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:24:05 +0000

In reply to ellaquinnauthor. Thank you, Ella! You are so very good to us. :-)

By: Inion N. Mathair

Inion N. Mathair — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:35:38 +0000

I thank the writing gods everyday that I partnered with my mother. Mathair is such a confident, secure person while I have a tendency to scrutinize myself and set unreachable goals striving to be perfect. She's constantly reminding me to be easier on myself and that I'm only human and will make mistakes. Failure is apart of being human. There will be times you fall down, we're just lucky enough to have someone that'll pick us up and dust us off.

By: ellaquinnauthor

ellaquinnauthor — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:27:59 +0000

This is a really great post. I tweeted and reblogged.

By: ellaquinnauthor

ellaquinnauthor — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:26:57 +0000

Reblogged this on Ella Quinn ~ Author.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 00:00:18 +0000

Jenny & Laura
Great post! I needed the reminder that you can't eat the elephant in one bite--you have to cut it up in chewable size pieces.

I have been postponing writing for a bunch of stupid reasons (I think). First telling myself no one will want to read what I have written.
If I can't devote two hours or more to writing a day-- I shouldn't even start. It's a waste of time.
I have so much revising to do that I may as well scrap the book.

Your post reminded be of something Robert Schuler said-- "Success is never ending, Failure is never final."

Thank you and happy writing!

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 07:19:55 +0000

In reply to Dot. Dot, everyone starts out all new and shiny. And scared. We all start out scared. My best recommendation for getting a coach is to take Margie's class. You'll find your coach right there, amongst the 50 or so people who take it with you. :-)

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 07:18:49 +0000

In reply to Carol Opalinski. Thanks, Carol! And I got shivers reading about this index card of yours. That is so powerful.

By: Dot

Dot — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:30:05 +0000

This article was so inspiring to me, a newbie novelist, who waited until retirement years to even start, so overwhelmed by "life" that I set up obstacles for even beginning a novel. Yet, now that I have the time and space, I find that my self-doubts hold me back. How does one find a writing coach? Seems I would need one with a long reach and a good set of pom-poms/whips.