Writers on the Struggle to Write Well
Today we will step back and look at a selection of relevant quotes by working writers. We should treasure their candid takes about the process of writing. Is Writer’s Block […]
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Writer’s Block (Part 3): Overwhelm
We’ve explored writer’s block in previous posts (Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here). Put simply, writer’s block is a constellation of feelings and experiences that is driven […]
Self-regulation (Part 2): Meeting Inspiration Half-way
In the first part of this series, we started considering how to treat writing as craft and not as a mysterious and inspired gift. Because the sad truth is that […]
The Zen of Writing (Part 3): Gracefully Overwhelmed Work
Writing, in almost all its forms, is creative work. One of the most common pitfalls of creative work is overwhelm. It arises for many different reasons. Maybe we are overly […]
Self-Editing Strategies: Structural Editing, Content Editing, and Copyediting
Ah, editing. Nobody really likes editing their own writing. While writing can be occasionally gratifying, and the products of editing are certainly rewarding, the process of editing is at best […]
The Zen of Writing (Part 2): SMART Goals
Last time we looked at writing through the aspirational lens of achieving flow. And we saw that in order to have a chance at flow in writing, we need to […]
The Zen of Writing (Part 1): Flow
Writing should be fun, but it seems impossible to make it fun. Last week we touched on some negative aspects of writing: the inevitable stuck places, the frustrations, the overwhelm. […]
Writer’s Block (Part 2)
Writing is hard and will always be hard. Writer’s block will always be lurking in the wings. When it comes, it comes as a big pile of interrelated feelings. Our […]
Announcing the Academic Coaching side of our business!
Clarity Doctors is officially launching our academic coaching services! As academic coaches, our main focus is on graduate students in the late stages of their programs–that dreaded phase where all […]
Self-regulation (Part 1)
Writing requires many different kinds of self-regulation. The problem is, this term hides shocking complexity. But let’s try to get a handle on a specific piece of the self-regulation puzzle: […]