The Stuck List

This is the final (for now, to be fair) episode of the Writer’s Block series. I thought the last episode would be the final, but as we’ve been discussing the series in staff, I realized that there’s still one more thing I have to say about Writer’s Block. On some level, we have to assume…

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QuitCast Episode 2.14: The Stuck List

SHOW NOTES We all get stuck in our manuscripts, but not all for the same reason. It’s important to find the why behind why you’re stuck, and apply a strategy that will actually fix that “why”. This is where we discuss how to find out why you get stuck and what to do about it!…

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My Favorite Things: Book Brush

You know me (#Strategic / #Arranger), and I’m always looking for ways to save us all time, and I can’t believe it has taken me so long to find Book Brush. I first heard about it last year at NINC and, honestly, I thought it was a fad. I was already using Canva. I figured…

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QuitCast Episode 2.13: When Writer’s Block Is Necessary

SHOW NOTES Important Links! Link to The Office post on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/office-its-here-38899568​ QuitCast Episode 1.06: QTP – Procrastination Is Bad Newsletter sign-up: https://betterfasteracademy.com/newsletter/ Ask a question for the Dear Becca newsletter column here: https://forms.gle/mx8Jt1jgmyS28mn66 Write Better Faster 101: https://betterfasteracademy.com/wbf101/ Strengths for Writers 101: https://betterfasteracademy.com/sfw101/ Dear Writer books: https://betterfasteracademy.com/books-by-becca-syme/ My website: https://betterfasteracademy.com Support this podcast: https://www.patreon.com/beccasyme…

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QuitCast Episode 2.12: The Office

SHOW NOTES One of us was in writer’s block, but we managed to break it. How did that happen? Well… you’ll have to watch to find out. See below for our links. Much love to all of you. Stay safe. Wash your hands. Stay home if you can. Love and health and peace to you.…

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Myths of Writer’s Block

I’m sure if you’ve heard anyone talk about writer’s block in the past, one of the first myths you’re going to expect on this list is: “writer’s block exists.” Right? Because typically, people who talk about writer’s block have a rhetoric about it that assumes the presence of creative block is primarily evidence of either…

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On Reading “Ultralearning”

Once a month, I like to give a nonfiction review of a book, and if you click on the “Book Thoughts” tag below (if you’re new), you can see all the previous posts I’ve done in this vein. This month, I finished a book that I started last fall called “Ultralearning” by Scott Young. This…

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