(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
(5 min read.) Unfinished draft? Half-finished draft? Abandoned draft of a writing project that has been untouched for so long that it’s covered in moss and lichen? “Work in progress” where there hasn’t been any f*ckin’ progress in… a while? Writer, it happens. Unfinished writing… Read More »5 Writing Tips to Restart an Unfinished Draft: How to Finish a Half-Finished or Abandoned “Work-in-Progress” (WIP)
Beat Perfectionism with Star Wars (4 min read.) If you want to beat perfectionism, this tip is the closest thing I have to magic. Try it. It might make you laugh, but it also might work. When you think of your favorite movie, is there… Read More »how to beat perfectionism with STAR WARS
how to let go of perfectionism (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… Read More »how to let go of perfectionism (aka a pig who farts)