Are you ready to start writing the stories that live inside you? Open the pages of this handy writing guide to gain practical and accessible insights to help you put pen to paper and fingers to keys! Whether you're a budding author or a seasoned wordsmith looking to enhance your craft, use this comprehensive roadmap to unleash your creativity and write your story.
In these pages, discover how to:
- Cultivate a Creative Mindset: Establish and nurture your writing practice so you can start to write
- Overcome Writer's Block: Support for how to get out of writing ruts
- Unmask Fear: Neutralize your inner critic, overcome your fear of writing and any self-doubt, and allow your self-expression to flourish
- Keep Going: Identify obstacles like procrastination and perfectionism to create new strategies
- Trust Your Voice: Lean into the storyteller within and discover your unique voice
WRITE! Your Guide to Revealing the Writer Within is your trusted companion to help claim the major milestones of your unique and transformative journey.
Highlights include:
- Write about what you know and tell the truth. It is powerful and resonant for the reader.
- Clarify the WHY of writing. Fuel the power of writing your story. It will be grounding, motivating, and meaningful. Without it, you're more likely to procrastinate...or quit.
- Demystify the HOW of writing. Identify learning and writing styles with a creative mindset.
- Trust your inner storyteller. Imagining and developing your creative ideas are fiction and non-fiction writing musts. Grant yourself permission to engage with this process.
- Honor where you are. Don't judge the conditions. You are enough. What you are writing counts and is valuable.
- Get out of your own way and go for it!
This book won't tell you how to write, but it will encourage you to write no matter what!
Anna Brooke is an author, speaker, and interdisciplinary healing arts practitioner. She is the author of the award-winning book "Stripped Down: How Burlesque Led Me Home", a memoir and manifesto of loving your body and your gifts no matter what. She is also known under her stage name of Rev. Legs Malone, a well-known burlesque performer, producer, and teacher. She has been featured in Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, and The New York Post's Page Six.
Vindy Teja is a Professional Life & Divorce Coach, TEDx Speaker, and Author of the award-winning book, "YOLO: Essential Life Hacks for Happiness" and Co-author in "Passed Down From Mom" and "Inspiring True Stories of Everyday Heroes". She is a graduate of The University of British Columbia and Western Law School.
