Making Sense of Your Journey Through Writing
During these past few weeks, I’ve been thinking about how chaotic life can be in the moment. It feels like we are constantly constructing our reality as we live it. A …
Why Do We Put Writing Last?
Last week, a friend of mine asked me – in a tone of desperation – why he can’t prioritize his writing. He’s tried everything: writing in short bursts at lunch …
How To Maintain Creative Focus During Difficult Times
Transparent moment: These past two weeks have been challenging on the home front. My husband, who is living with a chronic illness, needed to be taken to the emergency room …
Writing Advice: What To Do When You’re Stuck
When you started your writing project, you were flooded with inspiration. It seemed like the words couldn’t come fast enough as your descriptions, characters, and plot spilled onto the paper …
How To Overcome The “Messy Middle”
The Messy Middle is that time when writing your manuscript isn’t fun anymore. You feel like you’ve hit the wall, where words have stopped flowing easily and all your efforts …
When There Are No Words
Most often when I return home from a week-long writing retreat I am filled with inspiration, using every spare moment to capture words and images. But this summer… to borrow …
How To Revise Your First Draft
There are three stages of writing: Fresh Writing, Revising, and Polishing. It’s important to know what stage you’re at so your writing can continue to flow with ease. If you …
An Invitation To Marie’s Writing Oasis
I’m passionate about making the practice of writing accessible to those of you who are curious about the process we use in Adventures in Writing programs. I’d love to have …