by Stephanie Dethlefs | May 24, 2022 | Accountability, Inner critic, Mindset, writing life
What does your commitment to writing a novel look like? This is what we’ll revisit with this past episode. Without commitment, it won’t get done. But what does that really mean? Let’s explore what commitment is and how to evaluate your own (with zero...
by Stephanie Dethlefs | May 10, 2022 | Accountability, Inner critic, Mindset, writing life
This week we revisit a past episode. Enjoy! What do you tell yourself about your writing? That it’s fabulous, or that it’s not so great? That you have all the time in the world, or that you never can find enough? That you are the only person who can tell...
by Stephanie Dethlefs | Apr 26, 2022 | Accountability, Inner critic, Mindset, writing life
This week we revisit a past episode. Enjoy! Sometimes when we aren’t writing – but we wish we were – it’s because we are waiting for something. Waiting for better circumstances. Waiting for better timing. But what if you could write despite not having things be...
by Stephanie Dethlefs | Sep 28, 2021 | Accountability, Book Coaching, Getting feedback, Inner critic, Revision, writing craft, writing life
What happens after you’ve received some feedback, whether it was from a loved one, a beta reader, or an editor? We all know that getting feedback on your writing is an important part of the process, but where do you start when you’ve got pages and pages of notes?...
by Stephanie Dethlefs | Aug 24, 2021 | Book Coaching, First Draft, Inner critic, Mindset, writing craft, writing life
I once heard the author Elizabeth Gilbert say, and I’m paraphrasing here, that a reader would likely find more of herself in her works of fiction than her works of memoir. The truth is that all writers bring themselves to their stories, no matter if the story is...
by Stephanie Dethlefs | May 16, 2021 | First Draft, Inner critic, Mindset, Revision
Writing is hard, and it isn’t always fun. In order to get through the hard parts, we have to learn to love the work. Inspiration is easy to love. So are excitement, enthusiasm, and motivation. But sometimes those things are lacking. And we are left with the...
