Category Archives: Writer Challenges

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  P is for Paralyzing or Productivity?

  Posted on November 8, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Freelance Writing, Writer Challenges, Writer Issues Solved, Writer Tips

  Ever write with a surge of energy like a torrential downpour bringing sustenance to a dry desert? Tip tap tip tap. A never-ending stream of consciousness. It’s flow at its best. Have you ever experienced the opposite? You write so tentatively so self-consciously almost like a new nurse with a needle afraid of the potential [...]

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  Getting the Monkey Off Your Back

  Posted on November 1, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Freelance Writers, Writer Challenges

  Sometimes when I’m creating, I feel a heaviness upon me. There’s a gorilla of a being sitting on my shoulders weighing me and my creativity down. Know him? He’s the guy that: says your writing isn’t good enough takes a kernel of negativity and rolls into a wave of self-defeating thoughts tells you you’ll never [...]

  Post Tagged with creativity and failure, Creativity and perfectionism, creativity and the inner critic, Dealing with the inner critic, Inner critic, writing and criticism
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  Writing in the Dark

  Posted on October 25, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Freelance Writers, Writer Challenges, Writer Issues Solved

  It’s almost Halloween, but I’m not talking literal here. {Though I must admit the visual of a glow-in-the-dark pen, a notebook and a flashlight sound pretty cool to me.} What I’m talking about is what happens when you write with your mind half-conscious, semi-aware. Even as a full-time writer and someone who writes every day, [...]

  Post Tagged with creativity and the inner critic, Good enough writer, Psychology of writing, Self-conscious writer, shadows and writing, Tips for dealing with your inner critic, writer fears
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  Tame That Ego

  Posted on June 25, 2011 by brandiwplogin in For Entrepreneurs, Writer Challenges

  {photo} When you’re working with someone else, there will come a time when you’ll wonder why the heck you ever decided to work for yourself in the first place. I’ve heard it from fellow entrepreneurs who’s ego got beaten by constant criticisms and demands placed on them by unsatisfied customers. I’ve went through it myself. [...]

  Post Tagged with Acting as a professional, How to deal with a difficult client, How to work better with others, Problems with client, Solutions for business people, Solving business issues as a writer, Taking responsibility for miscommunication, Working with difficult clients
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  5 Social Media and Common Author Mistakes You Might Be Making

  Posted on June 8, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Expert Series, For Entrepreneurs, Writer Challenges, Writer Issues Solved, Writer Tips

  {photo by} You’ve worked really hard on writing that book, conceiving a new idea or blogging, but you still haven’t seen results with your efforts. Literary agent Kevin Small who I interviewed in part I of this post, sets us straight this time with the unintentional mistakes you could be making that’s sabotaging your career. [...]

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  The Psychology Behind Writing

  Posted on March 15, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Freelance Writers, Freelance Writing, Writer Challenges, Writer Issues Solved, Writer Tips

  What’s so hard about putting words on paper? Well it’s a lot harder than you think when you bring psychology to the picture. Take your thoughts for example. All those doubts, criticisms, and insecurities from years long gone have piled up. And sometimes when you’re not careful, they’ll peek out at you, disguising themselves as [...]

  Post Tagged with Challenges of being a writer, Challenges of writing, Dealing with criticism as a writer, Dealing with doubt as a writer, How to deal with fear as a writer, Negativity as a writer, Working on your thoughts as a freelancer, Your inner voice
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  4 Things New Writers Should Watch Out For

  Posted on December 10, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Writer Challenges

  {photo credit} You’re new. And confused. The world is your oyster, but you don’t know where to start and which one’s a dud, and which one’s holding the pearl. Don’t worry. We’ve all been there. Even as experienced writers, we sometimes slip and fall into the cracks. The good news is that there are a [...]

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  The Reality of Writing

  Posted on November 7, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Writer Challenges

  {photo credit} If you already know writing and getting published is tough, skip this post! As for me, I think I’ve only recently discovered the depth, cruel intensity and psychological battle that can only be described as real writing in the trenches of hard work. After more than a decade of writing (maybe even two), [...]

  Post Tagged with dealing with insecurity as a writer, Fear of failing, Fear of rejection, Freelance writing issues, Self-sabotage as a writer, The reality of being a writer, Writer insecurities, Writer issues
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  Why Oh Why Can’t I Write Like That?

  Posted on September 1, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Writer Challenges

  {photo credit} Ever read someone else’s writing and cringe? Not because they did a hacked up job of writing and/or editing, but because they are SO good! They are so good that you are suddenly reduced to the insecurities of a teenager. And from out of nowhere you hear yourself saying (in a surprisingly high [...]

  Post Tagged with Being good as a writer, Comparing yourself with other writers, Finding your voice, Freelance Writing, Freelance writing issues, Good writers, Good writing, Pressure to write well, Writing issues, Writing tips
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  Doing the Yucky Writer Stuff

  Posted on August 26, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Writer Challenges

  Were you ever a fan of Jon & Kate Plus 8? Before Jon left and made it a sad sounding Kate Plus 8? If you haven’t a clue as to what I’m talking about. It’s okay. I’ll save you the TLC gory details. Anyway, there was one episode where Kate Gosselin, mother of 8 (twins [...]

  
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