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Posts Tagged ‘mindset’
Monday, November 12th, 2012
 Being aware of your mindset and how it either helps or hinders your progress as a writer is fundamental to your success as an author.
Many people understand a mindset to be “a collection of thought processes which are characteristic to an individual or a group” (Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus).
However, there is an important ingredient missing from this definition.
Mindset is not just about your thoughts; it is also about your emotions. What you think is crucial but what you feel is even more significant when it comes to writing a book for publication, and indeed with everything you do in life.
Thought and emotion are an immensely powerful combination which can either work for, or against, what you want to achieve with your writing.
Tags: author, book, holistic, journal, mindset, publication, success, writer, Writing
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
Having a creative mindset
involves remaining open to all opportunities
and regularly spending time on the edge of your comfort zone.
The initial discomfort soon dissolves
as the edge becomes a familiar space out of which to write.
To your conscious & creative success!
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Monday, December 5th, 2011
It is naturally a high priority for all writers to hone the skills of the writing craft.
However sharply you pitch your book, the words on the page are where the rubber hits the road in terms of success with agents, publishers and readers.
Yet this represents the tip of the writing iceberg. As an author, your preparation for writing also needs to include cultivating a creative mindset.
Unless you have your creative mindset fully charged, your words may never reach the page.
Your mindset includes both the thoughts you have about your writing and the feelings you have about yourself as a writer. Both will have a significant impact on your success – or otherwise – as an author.
Your thoughts and feelings need to be clear and in alignment to support your creative expression. Whether or not you believe that thoughts create your reality, when you doubt the value of your ability or your contribution, the creative impulse dries up.
Here are 5 ways to support your creative mindset as a writer:
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Tags: agent, alignment, author, conscious, creative, mindset, mystery, passion, publisher, readers, writer, Writing
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
 As a writer, the way in which you begin any creative writing session sets the tone for everything that follows. The mindset you bring to the page affects how your writing flows – or not as the case may be!
Beginnings are important at every level, from connecting to the creative impulse as it arises to taking time to prepare so that all aspects of yourself are in complete alignment and you feel ready to write.
One simple but effective way to do this is to spend some time in stillness before you write to encourage deep writing to flow.
Your primary focus may well be on the best way to begin your writing session. However, endings are just as important because the way you complete your writing session will determine the quality, and the results, of your next activity.
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Tags: alignment, conscious, creative, creative process, imagination, inspiration, mindset, stillness, write, writer, Writing
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Monday, August 29th, 2011
 Here in the UK we have a public holiday today. It is the last of the summer bank holidays before autumn begins, and with the sun shining, many of us will be enjoying some time outside.
Before the regular holiday season draws to a close, it is well worth paying attention to carrying forwards the benefits of a holiday mindset to apply to your writing and to your everyday life.
Pause for a moment to reflect on how you think and feel when you are in holiday mode and write your results down in your journal.
Relaxed, open, spacious, spontaneous and free are all possible descriptions of a holiday mindset. What else describes your experience?
Celebrate
Holidays also encourage us to take the opportunity to celebrate and enjoy spending time with family and friends or recharging with some time to ourselves – or both at different times.
All of these qualities are deeply supportive of the creative writing process which flows more fluently when you are relaxed, open, spacious, spontaneous and free.
Your experience of the writing journey is also greatly enhanced when you take the time to celebrate along the way.
There are obvious moments to celebrate such as finishing your first draft, being signed up by a publisher, reading a positive review of your book or reaching a specific number of books sold.
Yet celebrating when you cross smaller thresholds is just as important.
Gathering your ideas for a new project into one place and getting yourself organised or finishing a chapter of your book are stages of completion that are well worth acknowledging.
Celebrations don’t always have to be major excursions. They may simply be taking an extra hour for yourself at the end of the day or treating yourself to a new pen.
How do you make this a reality in your everyday life once the holidays are over?
Be clear about the components of your own holiday mindset and schedule time in your diary now to make way for honouring whatever you need to retain these positive qualities.
And wherever you are on your writing journey right now, pause to celebrate how far you’ve come. I invite you to share what your holiday mindset includes, how you are choosing to take this forwards and what you are celebrating at this time by posting your comments below.
As always, enjoy the journey!
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Tags: book, conscious, mindset, publisher, Writing
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Monday, August 15th, 2011
 An author platform is about being visible in the world so that people who are interested in all that you have to offer know you exist. This potentially includes agents, publishers and the media as well as readers, writers and other like-minded souls.
There’s a great deal of information available now on how to build an author platform. Blog posts, courses and classes teach the elements of what a platform includes and the mechanics of how to take action.
Cultivating the right mindset is perhaps one of the most important ingredients for success. It enables you to develop meaningful relationships with people and take authentic action right from the start.
Here are 10 tips to support you to build an authentic author platform:
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Tags: action, agent, author, creative, media, mindset, platform, professional, publisher, readers, writer, Writing
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Monday, June 6th, 2011
 Some writers are born to write. From an early age, writing emerges as a passion that life seems incomplete without. Being a writer is a calling and feels as natural as breathing.
Yet many great writers don’t experience this ultimate sense of vocation.
The joy of writing may arrive at a much later stage and be mixed with an array of anxieties and the requirement to navigate many internal thresholds on the way to feeling like “a writer”.
A mix of these polarities is also very common.
Wherever you are in this range of possibilities, what really counts is cultivating a writer’s mindset. Thinking and feeling like a writer helps you write your book because it enables you to:
1. Take yourself and your writing seriously. If you want to write a book, there comes a point when you need to raise the bar and shift writing from an optional pastime to an essential part of your life. If you haven’t passed this point yet, take a leap of faith today.
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Tags: book, creative, mindset, writer, Writing
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Monday, November 29th, 2010
 A few days ago, Thanksgiving was celebrated in the USA (25 November) and I felt grateful for the inspiration to focus on being grateful.
My perspective on gratitude is different to the thinking that inspired Thanksgiving and has nothing to do with pilgrims and pie! Nonetheless it provided a useful prompt for me to pause and reflect on all that I am grateful for, and to make those feelings of gratitude known to significant others.
Those significant others include you.
So I would like to take this opportunity to let you know how grateful I am to have the chance to share some of my ideas and information with you on a regular basis.
Thank you for joining me on this conscious and creative writer’s journey at whatever level works for you. Together we are creating a new way for writers to make a positive difference in the world by sharing inspiration, expertise and stories with an authentic voice.
Thinking about gratitude also reminded me of the importance of having the right mindset to write what you are here to write.
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Tags: authentic voice, conscious, creative, inspiration, mindset, write, writer's journey, Writing
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
I hope you’re having a good week so far as we head into the new month of August.
This is just a quick courtesy reminder that today, Tuesday 3 August is the registration deadline for the Writer’s Journey Raise the Bar Individual Coaching Program.
If you haven’t yet had a chance to check it out, you can read all about it, watch a short video and access the audio recording of the Preview Call by clicking here …
This individual coaching program has been created for writers at any stage of the writing journey to benefit from professional feedback, guidance, structure and support.
My commitment to you is that I will meet you exactly where you are on your writer’s journey and guide you to raise the bar to the next level – whatever that is for you – so that you make solid progress and experience tangible results.
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Tags: agent, author, book, book proposal, creative process, mindset, platform, publication, publish, readers, writer, Writing
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Raising the Bar on the Writer’s Journey means knowing what you already have in place, understanding precisely what you need to do next, and applying yourself consciously and creatively to consistent action! Raising the bar is an integral part of the journey to successful published authorship and needs to be applied at every stage along the way.
Join me on Tuesday 27 July at 8pm (BST/3pm EST) for a FREE Preview Call* to present the Raise the Bar Individual Coaching Program and learn the secrets of successfully raising the bar on your writer’s journey.
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I’ll also be sharing with you the details of the * 4 month * Raise the Bar Individual Coaching Program for just * 10 writers * starting in September (registration closes Tues 3 August). The Raise the Bar Individual Coaching Program has been created for writers at any stage of the writing journey to benefit from professional feedback, guidance, structure and support.
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If you’re ready to learn more about raising the bar on your writer’s journey, why not join me for an inspiring and interactive Preview call on Tuesday 27 July at 8pm (BST/3pm EST).
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If you can’t make the live call, no problem. Register anyway and we’ll send you access to the audio recording so that you can listen any time.
Enjoy the journey!
Julia
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Tags: action, agent, author, book proposal, creative process, inspiration, mindset, platform, publish, publisher, readers, success, support, true voice, writer, Writing
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Being aware of your mindset and how it either helps or hinders your progress as a writer is fundamental to your success as an author.
