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I love listening to writing podcasts. There are a lot to choose from so for this list I have picked the writing podcasts I listen to the most. There are many ways that listening to writing podcasts can help your writing. I enjoy listening to podcasts especially podcasts about the writing process.  It helps to hear that other people are going through the same struggles. I feel less alone when I hear established authors and writers that I respect talk about their …

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You are not alone. Many people are scared to write a book. Luckily, this can be changed. I have gathered together 5 of my blog posts all about being scared to write. They explain what the fear is and where it might come from. Then each blog post includes an exercise to acknowledge and get past the feeling of being scared to write. Read through all of them or just click on the links that you need. Getting rid of the mindset …

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Have you ever wondered if people are reading anymore? With the amount of time people spend on social media does anyone stop scrolling long enough to pick up a book? People have busy lives full of work and family. Their leisure time needs to include exercise and movement if they want to stay healthy. So, is there any point to writing your book? Will there be anybody interested in reading it? The short answer is yes. Yes, people are reading in their …

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I have written a lot here about how fear can slow down or prevent you from writing. But what is fear? Why do we experience it? Knowing how our bodies react to fear can help you understand it and stop it from affecting your writing. Fear is not a nice sensation to experience. It makes us vulnerable and we feel like we are in danger. Fear becomes a problem when it prevents us from doing something that we really want to do. Like …

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I am not going to be talking about grammar, spellings or sentence structure. I am not going to talk about plot or if you should be planning or ‘pantsing’ your novel. These are not mistakes. These are all just part of the writing process. So I do not consider these mistakes. Why is it important to learn from your mistakes? Mistakes are a way of letting us know that we have more to learn. For me I am reframing this to look …

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Writing is not always about sitting down with a pen in hand and a stack of notebooks ready to be filled. Often, our image of what a writer looks like will be in black and white. But we have moved on from using quills to write with. Modern writing needs modern methods. Writing related activities can also help us to increase the amount we write.

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Is fear the reason you are not writing? Are you letting fear bully you out of writing? As someone who spent way too long waiting to write or struggling to write my biggest breakthrough came when I acknowledged my fears. I want to help you understand how fear could be affecting your writing Fear of Success It took me a long time to realise that I was afraid of success. It was a deeply hidden fear, but I was afraid that if …

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The need to be ‘perfect’ stopped me from writing sooner. As a recovering perfectionist I want to show you how it held me back. The need to be ‘perfect’ has gotten in the way of completing almost any task I have ever undertaken. It was when I began to let go of my perfectionism that my life began to get better and I also started to write more. I want to help you recognise perfectionism, how it shows up and how to …

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