Rewrite #6: Getting It Wrong

In this edition, I get it wrong...in more ways than one. Blürg.

Workables #11: The Tyranny of Goals

For some, goals work. For others, however, goals become dark clouds.

Workables #10: Creativity Can Be Painstaking, but It's Also Life-giving

Find the hook that brings you back...

Rewrite #5: Turn Directly to It

When you hit a snag, lean right into it.

Workables #9: Follow Your Practice Wherever It Leads

Your practice is yours. Follow it!

Workables #8: Sparking Your Practice with the Seinfeld Hack

Keep track of your streaks and provide your own positive reinforcement.

Workables #7: Sparking Your Practice with To-do Stacks

What's a to-do stack? How can it help you keep your writing on track?

Rewrite #4: Routine, Rumination, and Revision (also Taylor Lautner's Abs)

What do you do when Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner interrupt your plans?

Workables #6: When the Impending Doom is Palpable

Write out your affirmations.

Workables #5: You Need a Jar

Ideas can be these wild things, like lightning bugs, that flit about, lighting up and fading out. We need a jar where we can put them.