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Writing Craft

The Zen of Writing (Part 5): When Motivation Disappears

19/05/202319/05/2023 chopinhauer

This week we’re reflecting, as we often do, on the fickleness of motivation. While it’s often possible to adjust to natural fluctuations of energy, sometimes motivation disappears as a package—we […]

 Self-regulation, Writing Craft  cultural scripts, motivation, self-regulation, writing skills

Self-regulation (Part 2): Meeting Inspiration Half-way

09/06/202223/06/2022 admin

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 […]

 Self-regulation, Writing Craft  flow, motivation, procrastination, self-regulation, writing craft, writing skills

The Zen of Writing (Part 3): Gracefully Overwhelmed Work

10/07/202109/07/2021 admin

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 […]

 Writing Craft  draft 0, overwhelm, procrastination, stress, writing craft, writing skills

Self-Editing Strategies: Structural Editing, Content Editing, and Copyediting

25/06/202110/07/2022 admin

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 […]

 Writing Craft  content editing, copyediting, editing, editing strategies, structural editing

The Zen of Writing (Part 1): Flow

11/06/202110/07/2022 admin

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. […]

 Writing Craft  development, flow, productivity, writing skills

Writer’s Block (Part 2)

04/06/202110/07/2022 admin

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 […]

 Writing Craft  cultural scripts, flow, writer's block, writing craft, writing skills

Self-regulation (Part 1)

28/05/202127/05/2021 admin

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: […]

 Writing Craft  procrastination, self-regulation, time management, writing skills

Psychological Research and Writing Strategies

21/05/202120/05/2021 admin

All writing teachers and coaches have a toolbox of strategies, tips, and tricks for helping stuck learners. Practical experience is key, but academic studies offer another helpful perspective. At the […]

 Writing Craft  drafting, editing, psychology, revising, self-regulation, writing skills

Challenging Ableism in Writing

14/05/202116/05/2021 admin

These cultural scripts about writing are all misconceptions or half-truths. And when we internalize them, we become our own worst critics.

 Writing Craft  ableism, attitude, cultural scripts, internalized ableism, writer's block

Standard English and its Problems

07/05/202107/05/2021 admin

Being editors is a strange business sometimes. We are dedicated to upholding standards of clarity while also knowing that some standards people use to judge proper English are arbitrary, discriminatory, […]

 Editing and Society, Writing Craft  colonialism, racism, standard english

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