Quick Link: Are You Ready to Conquer Writing Overwhelm?

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Kristen Kieffer, on her blog well-storied, breaks down steps to help you from being overwhelmed.  The big takeaway for me was about focus. Because the more focused you are on what your goals are, the clearer your path becomes.

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Are You Ready to Conquer Writing Overwhelm?

By Kristen Kieffer

Let’s face it: writing isn’t always easy. Sure, it’s fun when we’re in the zone, when we have a brilliant idea in mind and the words just seem to flow. But most of the time?

Most of the time, writing is hard.

We battle tricky plot holes, the urge to edit as we write, the monstrous task of editing, scenes that just don’t seem to have any direction, the hell that is proofreading, and so on.

And oftentimes, we lose our battles, letting the overwhelm of tackling tough writing problems or goals turn us to procrastination rather than productivity. So how can we flip the script?

That’s exactly what we’re going to talk about today!

Why clarity is your new best friend…

One of the reasons I wanted to create my new free resource, Write With Purpose, was to teach writers how to get clear about what they want and how they plan to get it.

Because you can’t make a plan if you don’t know where you’re headed, and if there’s anything that’s going to help you overcome overwhelm, it’s having a plan. Why?

Well, most writing overwhelm is caused by one (or more!) of a few things:

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