Productivity & Mindset

Tools, systems, and encouragement for writers who struggle with perfectionism, procrastination, and time management.

How to Find Your Story’s Landmarks

For anyone who’s spent a lot of time here in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, you’re familiar with pluff mud. It’s the thick, organic sludge of the salt marsh, the structure of the serpentine waterways that make our part of the coast so unique.  (It’s also how we could tell from the opening scenes of […]

When You Know What’s Wrong But Can’t Fix It

There’s a particular kind of stuck that writers don’t talk about enough.  Not writer’s block, which is a different beast entirely… and we writers talk about that. All. The. Time. I’m referring to the feeling you get when you know something’s not working. The pacing drags in scene seven. And scene nine. And all of

How to Keep Writing When Your World Implodes

Two weeks ago, I learned just how fast life can flip with a phone call.  An hour later, I collapsed into a chair next to my husband in the ER, fielding text messages and typing test results into my phone’s Notes app, all while trying to remember how to breathe.  (I also discovered that I’m

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