Everyone Takes Wrong Turns…Even Amazon
Just like big companies, we all take wrong turns sometimes, no matter how much experience we have. Mistakes aren’t a reflection on us or our choices.
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Encouragement for the ups and downs of writing. Sample topics: recovering from writing burnout, protecting your wrists, handling disappointments, celebrating accomplishments, faking it, etc.
Just like big companies, we all take wrong turns sometimes, no matter how much experience we have. Mistakes aren’t a reflection on us or our choices.
Pin ItIf we don’t know where to go to get book recommendations beyond the “usual,” we might get stuck in a reading rut, so let’s share ideas for other resources to try.
Pin ItSelf-rejection is thinking we can’t succeed because it’s hard, the chances are low, or we’ve struggled with it before. But we’re often capable of more than we think.
Pin ItAt some point in our writing career, we’re likely to struggle with writing when “life” happens. How can we plan for the unexpected and survive life’s chaos?
Pin ItThe online world can be wonderful or overwhelming (or sometimes both at the same time). What does it mean to go offline in our super-connected world?
Pin ItMost writers help each other, but it’s also nice to have a closer group of writing friends that we can reach out to. How can we build our group of friends?
Pin ItA tweet along the lines of “I ran out of books in my to-be-read pile” shocked me. How do we find books to read and how can we can expand our choices?
Pin ItWith everything we think we “should” do, it can be hard to know what our goals really are. How can we figure out our priorities—our most important goals?
Pin ItFinding a good work-life-writing balance is a never-ending struggle. Despite the difficulty, we need to pursue balance or suffer in multiple ways.
Pin ItMilestones like graduation force a sense of accomplishment that comes from completing something. Similarly, we can “graduate” from one stage of our writing life to the next.
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