Category: Coaching
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The Value of Being Snoopy!
Research is key to finding reliable information, supporting arguments, and enriching our content with relevant or interesting facts, examples, or insights. Furthermore, if we get it right, as writers, we have the opportunity to be seen as having some measure of expertise in our respective areas. Conversely, incorrect quotes, facts or (yes, it’s been done)…
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The Weapon of Perseverance
When we think of perseverance, it’s often accompanied with a small (maybe large?) sigh. Nicer words like endurance and progress come to mind during the good days. And then there are the not-so-good days when rut, slog and mired-down dominate our thoughts with absolutism. As writers, we’ve all been there—the words come, the words are…
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What’s Your Score?
As Christians, we are all fairly educated on the topic of sowing into another’s life. On that note, let’s take an instant-score writer’s test. With 10 representing all of the time (or fairly consistently) and 1 representing never (or almost never), give yourself a rating on how often you sow seed into the life of…
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Three Necessities for a Writing Routine
Creating a routine for anything declares it automatically as “important.” Furthermore, science has proven that routines or regular habits support cognitive function, increase focus, and reduce stress. All good things! Why wouldn’t we want a routine for everything? AND YET, many writers consistently complain (including yours truly) that life has a tendency to crowd out…
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What’s Your Current Mindset?
As writers, we rarely give much thought to our mindsets, yet they play a major role in our levels of motivation and achievement. “If I don’t win the contest, do I enter another? Do I assume I can’t win at all? Should I submit to a major publisher or not-so-major? If an editor rejects my…
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