How Finding Your Why Helps You Keep Writing

How Finding Your Why Helps You Keep Writing

A few weeks ago at a dinner party, I fielded one of my least favorite questions: “What do you do?” In response, I smiled blandly, mentioned my writing, and braced myself for the usual barrage of follow-ups: “How do you support yourself?” “What do you write?” “What inspires you?” No, my writing doesn’t support me…. Read more »

#5onFri: Five Ways to Beat Writer’s Block

You’ve written your heart out because you know you have a story to tell and you’re the only one to tell it—a story, a novel, a narrative, a memoir, an article, an essay, a letter. And then suddenly you stop.  At first, it’s not quite clear that you’re in deep trouble. This happens all the… Read more »