Comments on: The Story that Holds You Back https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/01/the-story-that-holds-you-back/ A Blog On Writing Sun, 12 Jan 2025 06:40:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Top Picks Thursday! For Writers & Readers 01-31-2019 | The Author Chronicles https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/01/the-story-that-holds-you-back/#comment-139515 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:01:33 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36294#comment-139515 […] The writing life can be a mentally and emotionally exhausting existence where hopeful dreams collide with cold reality far too frequently. Yolanda Smith shares 3 ways writers can grow a thick skin, Grace Elliott asks: why do I have to choose between being a writer and being a mother?, Rachelle Gardener weighs in on big dreams and realistic expectations, and Kathryn Craft explores the story that may be holding us back. […]

]]> By: maryannmcfaden https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/01/the-story-that-holds-you-back/#comment-139482 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 16:55:25 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36294#comment-139482 Kathryn, I feel like you were speaking to me! I've been going through a bit of the blues and your words, which I've told myself in the past in one way or the other, gave me the kick in the ass I needed. Wisdom, experience, yes! You are an amazing writer. Success is already yours!

]]> By: Kathryn Craft https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/01/the-story-that-holds-you-back/#comment-139469 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 00:01:01 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36294#comment-139469 I'm so happy to hear this, Judith! And...you have already published a book! That's a story that many can't tell. Keep up the great work!

]]> By: jagrout https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/01/the-story-that-holds-you-back/#comment-139468 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:25:26 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36294#comment-139468 Kathryn: thank you for renewing my optimism, my belief that as I finish the final draft of book two—yes I have only one published thus far—and start that agent search I will be successful—whatever the outcome. I see many hours of agent-research ahead and am buoyed by your encouraging words.

]]> By: Kathryn Craft https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/01/the-story-that-holds-you-back/#comment-139467 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 19:27:37 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36294#comment-139467 Wow K.B., I'm honored that this post helped you see yourself in a new way. I hope that dusting the cynicism from the story you are telling yourself will bring you all good things in the New Year! May we all be better inner storytellers!

]]> By: K.B. Owen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/01/the-story-that-holds-you-back/#comment-139466 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 19:22:01 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36294#comment-139466 Kathryn, thanks so much for this post! (And kudos to all you commenters out there...I can totally sympathize). I'm writing my 10th book, and yet...I beat myself up for not writing faster, not selling better, and so on. I hadn't noticed until now (thanks to you) that a cynicism has been creeping into my writing life, something that robbed the joy that used to drive me in the beginning. Until I read your post, I wasn't thinking of it in terms of a cynical story I'm telling myself. But it makes sense, just as it makes sense that one's internal story can start to dictate outcomes, for good or for ill. And it can steal one's joy in the process. Looks like I need to get busy on some inner storytelling. Good luck with your latest project, Kathryn - I wish you all the best!

]]> By: Kathryn Craft https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/01/the-story-that-holds-you-back/#comment-139465 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:47:20 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36294#comment-139465 Telling ourselves we don't have time is one of the stories that works against us, Denise, for sure. Maybe start by telling yourself this story: "My time management has improved and I will now give myself 30 minutes per day to write." If you don't believe it, write it over and over again in a journal until you do—then replace the time you spent doing so with creative writing!

]]> By: dholcomb1 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/01/the-story-that-holds-you-back/#comment-139464 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:33:45 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36294#comment-139464 I need to schedule time for myself to write.

denise

]]> By: The Story that Holds You Back – From the Writers in the Storm Blog | Author Don Massenzio https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/01/the-story-that-holds-you-back/#comment-139463 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:38:28 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36294#comment-139463 […] Read the rest of this post HERE. […]

]]> By: Kathryn Craft https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/01/the-story-that-holds-you-back/#comment-139461 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 00:51:53 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36294#comment-139461 I gotta say, the "Tall Poppies" and "Bloom" works for me, Jay! It does take courage to open yourself to what weather comes, but it's also the only way we can display our brilliance.

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