Hello lovely creatives It’s hard to believe that it’s only 20 weeks to Christmas. As we're halfway through 2018 this is a good time to refresh your writing goals. I try to do this every quarter to stay on track. Here are 10 tips to kick off...
I'll always remember one writing course when I talked about how much writing is rewriting. How hard it can be. How rare it is that your first draft is flawless. There were some surprised murmurs, some nodding heads. ‘Don’t worry,’ I said. ‘Just give yourself permission...
I often wonder why so few people actually finish their writing projects. Or, why other people have great plans but don’t act on them. Any creative project has 3 distinct phases and each one requires you to harness a particular energy within yourself. Stage #1 –...
1. Write them down. Dr. Gail Matthews, a psychology professor at Dominican University in California, did a study on goal-setting with 267 participants. She found that you are 42 percent more likely to achieve your goals just by writing them down. 2. Practise daily goal setting....
I’m always looking for ways to boost my productivity and output, mainly because there are so many things I want to write, do, create, see… Here are my 10 hot tips. 1. Batch. This is where you carve out chunks of time to work on the...
On this historic day in Zimbabwe, as President Mugabe resigns after 37 long (and often tyrannical) years, it seems fitting to announce that ‘A Baboon in the Bedroom’ is now available for sale via Amazon. In my mum's book, she describes their journey through Zimbabwe and...
I’ve been in London for the past two weeks. In this newsletter I’m reporting back from the rather grand-sounding Youpreneur Summit where I spent two intense days with 347 entrepreneurs from all industries. I heard about the conference when listening to The Creative Penn podcast with...
First off, no-one likes a bad review. It makes us feel sensitive and vulnerable about our writing. Just remember all writers have had their fair share of bad reviews but what you do next separates the successful from the unsuccessful. Consider the following: It’s very...
I promised I’d write about all aspects of the creative process and these past weeks I’ve been dealing with a rush of insecurities about my writing. I think we’ve all been there. Those days when self-doubt and overwhelm take over. When you’re afraid about rejection or negative...
I'll be having a live Twitter Q&A on 01 November at 7 pm UK time (02 November 6am AEST) with The Reading Agency @readingagency & Unbound @unbounders. You can ask me @clairescobie anything about the book and I'll live tweet back! Go on… would love to hear from you....