(5 min read) If you’re a perfectionist writer, I want to tell you right now that it doesn’t have to f*ckin’ matter. You can keep all your perfectionist tendencies and still be productive, make work that’s beloved, and (like me) even have a professional writing… Read More »Practical Tips for the Perfectionist Writer (I really live this way.)
(5 min read.) Perfectionism is awesome. I’m a professional writing coach and I heart perfectionists. Being perfect is not an unattainable standard. Some of us ARE perfect. (At least some of the time.) People have made perfect books. There will be more perfect poems. There… Read More »I Love Perfectionists (Perfectionism is not a Problem)
(6 min read.) Repeat your best ideas. This creative advice is backed by neuroscience and can help you please readers and build a fanbase. It also makes writing easier. Yup. Repetition makes reading your work more fun. It makes writing less stressful and strenuous, because… Read More »Realistic Creative Advice: Repeat your Best Ideas
(5 min read.) If you want to beat perfectionism? Fall in love with what you’re best at. Then fight like hell for its right to be seen. STAR WARS taught me you really don’t have to make something perfect to make something people will absolutely… Read More »How to Beat Perfectionism with STAR WARS
(3 min read.) I’m not an artist. I can’t draw for squat. I draw like a first-grade kid in art class who’s about to get a D+. Last week I was a very successful visual artist. Here’s what happened and how it applies to writing.… Read More »How to Let Go of Perfectionism: a Pig Who Farts
Sometimes you want to get to the root causes of procrastination (anxiety, trauma, ADHD, hexed at birth by a local demon who your great-grandmother annoyed under a full moon) but sometimes you just wanna get the f*ck to work. There’s More than One Way to… Read More »55 Ways to Stop Procrastination (and Write it Now)