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October 4, 2016 Leave a Comment

#71: Is the Wind Blowing You This Way and That? It’s Time for a Plan.

Is the Wind Blowing You This Way and That? It's Time for a Plan. - Ep 71: Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach

The following is an excerpt from On Being a Writer: 12 Simple Habits for a Writing Life That Lasts, a book I coauthored with Charity Singleton Craig, published by T. S. Poetry Press. This is from Chapter 10: Plan, and explains, briefly, why I decided to be a little more intentional about having some kind of plan as a writer. In fact, that’s the subtitle of Chapter 10: I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: On Being a Writer, plan, writing plan

August 19, 2015 28 Comments

How to Generate Ideas for Writing

Writing Hurdle 4—Lack of Ideas In a recent survey, writers ranked "lack of ideas" number four on their list of biggest hurdles. Sometimes people label this writer’s block, but I’m separating writer’s block from lack of ideas. Writer’s block can occur even when a writer accumulates files full of ideas, so let’s save that hurdle for another day. Today let’s focus on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: creative writing prompts, how to generate creative writing ideas, how to generate ideas for writing, how to generate writing ideas, lack of ideas, On Being a Writer, writer's block, writing prompts

January 5, 2015 16 Comments

The Writing Life – Episode 5: A Writing Space with a Door

A Writing Space with a Door | Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach

(If you’re a subscriber reading this in email, please click to website to use the audio player.) In this week’s three-and-a-half minute podcast, you'll hear about the conditions and circumstances under which E. B. White wrote—and those under which Glynn Young and Ann Kroeker continue to write. I allude to a passage from Stephen King's memoir On Writing that I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast, writing Tagged With: E. B. White, Glynn Young, On Being a Writer, Stephen King, writers, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing space

November 3, 2014 31 Comments

On Being a Writer – Surprise!

A week ago, I accompanied my dad to several appointments, muting my phone to comply with the doctors' office rules. To stay focused I left it muted all day long, so from 8:00 in the morning until 8:00 at night I was only vaguely aware of texts and notifications. I'd glance at the phone when I was able, to identify the person and level of urgency. I let calls go to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: life, writer, writers, writing, writing and editing, Writing in the Midst of Motherhood Series Tagged With: book release, On Being a Writer, unconventional book release party, virtual book release

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