I’ll be speaking at the 1st Annual Creativity Conference, October 4-5, 2008, Lake George, New York. My topic will be: Title: A Creative in Business: You as the Hero on This Journey
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Book Excerpts / Overcome Writer's Block / Writing Tips
by Beth Barany · Published September 24, 2008 · Last modified October 22, 2015
Excerpted from Overcome Writer’s Block by Beth Barany The Garden Within Who you are as a writer has grown from your lived experiences, your passions and your frictions, your soil. Your fertilizer, your weed...
Adapt these affirmations as you’d like. I wrote them to work that subconscious layer of my being that doesn’t believe in what I’m doing. I offer them to you in the hopes that you...
Writing Tips: Choice Begins with You To write or not to write, that is the question. Here, the pen is mightier than the sword. I went to sleep last night thinking about choice, and...
The best and quickest way to start writing is to give yourself permission to write a shitty first draft. This great piece of advice was garnered from Anne Lamott’s book on writing and the...
by Beth Barany · Published September 12, 2008 · Last modified December 15, 2008
140 characters. That’s it. No more. No less. Why? It’s fun, it’s short, and you can write some interesting stuff in 140 characters. To learn more about Twitter.com, check out these resources: NY Times...
Your Mindset is Everything What to Do About Fear and Negativity Many teachings, like The Secret, and others, talk about having a positive mindset, visualizing your success and focusing on your goal. You know...
The Secret (& Science) to Getting Your Book Published Online Class Find out in this free class by Nancy Cleary, owner of Wyatt-Macenzkie, a small press in the Pacific Northwest.
Destiny at Your Fingertips: Discover the Inner Purpose of Your Life and What It Take to Live It by Ronelle Coburn “Living Your Life Purpose—The Freedom to Choose It of Refuse It Destiny, Free...
“Passion is the foundation of life.” — Unknown Tell me, what’s your passion? As a writer – you are ALL writers in my book –, I ask you to delve deep down and answer...
by Beth Barany · Published August 28, 2008 · Last modified September 5, 2008
Archetypes for Writers: Using the Power of Your Subconscious by Jennifer Van Bergen An excerpt: “Ultimately the Self makes a place in the world for its whole Self where one did not exist before....
What gets you up in the morning? What keeps you going during the day? List everything including writing. Finish these phrases: “I love …” or “I can’t absolutely live without…” or “What excites me...
Notice I only said “passion” singular, not plural. Narrow your choices down to one. (I know that’s hard, but you can do it!) How do you spark your passion? Well, by writing, I imagine....
Writing blocks, these monsters–these hydra that attack from behind–how do we deal with them?! Turn and face yours. And know that you are not alone. Every writer on the planet has probably experienced moments...
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