Unstuck
eBook - ePub

Unstuck

A Supportive and Practical Guide to Working Through Writer's Block

  1. 257 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Unstuck

A Supportive and Practical Guide to Working Through Writer's Block

About this book

None of us is immune to writer's block. From well-known novelists to students, associates in business and law firms, and even those who struggle to sit down to write personal correspondence or journal entries -- everyone who writes has experienced either brief moments or longer periods when the words simply won't come. In Unstuck, poet, author and writing coach Jane Anne Staw uncovers the reasons we get blocked - from practical to emotional, and many in between - and offers powerful ways to get writing again. Based on her experiences working with writers as well as her own struggle with writer's block, Staw provides comfort and encouragement, along with effective strategies for working through this common yet vexing problem.Topics include: understanding what's behind the block * handling anxiety and fear * carving out time and space to write * clearing out old beliefs and doubts * techniques to relax and begin * managing your expectations as well as those of family and friends * experimenting with genre, voice, and subject matter * defusing the emotional traps that sabotage progress and success * ending the struggle and regaining confidence and freedom by finding your true voice - and using it. Writers of all levels will find solace, support, and help in this book, leading them to an even deeper connection with their work and more productivity on the page.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Notice
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 - The Right to Write
  7. 2 - When It All Began
  8. 3 - Flushing Out Our Enemies
  9. 4 - First Words
  10. 5 - Thinking Small
  11. 6 - Showing Up for Yourself
  12. 7 - “Real” Writers
  13. 8 - Choosing Your Reader
  14. 9 - Making Your Writing World Even Safer
  15. 10 - The Peace Process
  16. 11 - Becoming Your Own Best Friend
  17. 12 - What Do You Want to Write?
  18. 13 - Practicing Deep Compassion
  19. 14 - What’s at Stake
  20. Also by Jane Anne Staw
  21. Copyright Page