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Posts Tagged ‘vision’
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
 The New Year is a fabulous time to inject a fresh burst of energy into your plans for writing and publishing your book.
So here are 7 tips to help you have your best writing year yet:
1. Identify what is genuinely important to you about your writing. So many people today live in the fast lane. As a result, it is easy to lose sight of what really matters.
With your writing, being consciously connected to what is truly important enables you to give yourself permission to prioritise your writing time. This means that you will get your writing done and feel more creatively satisfied as a result.
So start this year by taking time to re-connect to the source of your inspiration to write. Then write about that in your journal to refer back to in the coming months.
2. Clarify your vision. With that connection in place to keep you grounded, the next step is to sharpen your focus on where you are heading. Being clear about your vision will inspire and motivate you to maintain your progress.
One of the most powerful ways of bringing your vision to life is to create a Vision Board. This involves making a collage of images to represent yourself as an author and what you want to achieve with your writing.
If you have already made one, the turn of the year is a wonderful opportunity to add new images which feel appropriate for this year, or make a fresh one to reflect your new ideas for 2013.
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Tags: action, author, book, conscious, conscious choice, conscious creativity, creative, ideas, inspiration, journal, publication, Publishing, vision, Writing, writing process
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Monday, November 7th, 2011
 Resistance can be said to be anything and everything that stops you from doing your writing and all that you need to do to succeed as an author.
Resistance shows up in numerous different ways and often as the voice of the inner critic.
If you regularly put off the moment to start writing, feel overwhelmed with doubts and hear challenges such as, “Who are you to write a book?” – resistance is at work.
Resistance is the opposite of inspiration and is a natural part of the creative process. If you want to write, you need to learn how to manage your creative anxiety.
Here are 7 ways for writers to overcome resistance:
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Tags: author, book, creative process, inspiration, resistance, vision, writer, Writing
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
 The New Year is a fabulous time to inject a fresh burst of energy into your plans for writing your book for publication.
So here are 7 tips to help you have your best writing year yet:
Identify what’s really important to you about your writing. So many people today live in the fast lane. As a result, it is easy to lose sight of what really matters.
1. Identify what’s really important to you about your writing. So many people today live in the fast lane. As a result, it is easy to lose sight of what really matters.
With your writing, being consciously connected to what is really important enables you to give yourself permission to prioritise your writing time. This means that you will get your writing done and feel more creatively satisfied as a result.
So start this year by taking time to re-connect to the source of your inspiration to write. Then write about that in your journal to refer back to in the coming months.
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Tags: action, author, book, creative process, inspiration, publication, vision, writer, Writing
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Julia McCutchen interviews Sarah Jane Sloane 
By the end of this interview you will know:
- Why writing intuitively and organically can yield the most surprising work.
- Why relying on the element of chance to galvanize your writing is so important.
- How to interpret I Ching hexagrams in ways that will be useful to your writing.
- Why it is important to use these creative tools with playfulness and humor.
Sarah Jane Sloane is a professor of English and Co-Director of the Program in Creative Nonfiction at Colorado State University. She has published creative nonfiction, poetry, reviews, and short essays, and has given numerous presentations on topics ranging from how to get started as a writer to the element of chance in writing. She is the author of Digital Fictions: Storytelling in a Material World (2000) and The I Ching for Writers: Finding the Page Inside You (2005).
Date: Thursday 5 August Time:16:00 BST / 11:00 EST
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Tags: author, creative, creative process, creative spirit, inspiration, sarah jane sloane, vision, writer, Writing
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Friday, January 8th, 2010
 After many months of engaging ever more deeply with my ‘emerging vision’ project, and taking the action required for this vision to show up in the world, I have reached the penultimate stage of this phase of the journey.
I am at the point where I can see before me the tangible evidence of my efforts over the last few months … and I totally love it!
Before I take the final step and reveal the details in just a few days time, I am pausing to appreciate the experience I have had and the enormous growth this project has demanded of me.
So what can I share from my experience that may be of value to you?
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Tags: balance, creative process, intuition, Publishing, purpose, vision, Writing
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Monday, December 21st, 2009
 The Winter Solstice (also known as Yule) occurs today at 17.47 pm GMT / 12.47 pm EST.
It is one of the oldest winter celebrations in the world and honours the return of the sun after the longest night of the year. The sun is the giver of light and so the winter solstice signifies the triumph of light over darkness as well as a time of rebirth and new beginnings.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very happy Winter Solstice and to celebrate the fact that our paths have crossed this year in what I hope has been a mutually rewarding exchange.
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Tags: author, conscious, creative, intention, mentor, new beginnings, vision, Writing
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
 We are simultaneously just a few short weeks, and a whole New Year, away from the moment when I will at last reveal the mystery of what my “emerging vision” project actually is! I am so looking forward to sharing the details with you.
The New Year announcement will mark the end of the initial stages of creation and the beginning of the next phase when communication and connection will become the top priority.
In the meantime, I have recently crossed another major creative threshold which is a reflection of an important stage on the writer’s journey – when you first invite others to view, and potentially contribute to, your work.
This is a significant moment with all creative endeavours which are intended to reach an audience. It is also one of the most challenging steps of bringing a project to fruition.
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Tags: audience, communication, creative process, rejection, vision
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
 A few days ago I experienced another of my ‘creative downloads’ when a whole series of ideas relating to my ‘emerging vision’ project arrived at 3 to 5 minute intervals over the course of a couple of hours.
There was the usual feeling of insistence to write the ideas down which, as I’m sure many writers know, is typical in this kind of situation.
The trigger on this occasion was the first appearance of my vision ‘in the world’ which came in the form of visuals for the logo design turning up in my inbox (a bit of a clue here!).
Seeing the first stage of this vision coming to fruition was incredibly exciting and felt like crossing a major threshold.
What had previously been only in my imagination and hidden from the view of others, was now becoming visible.
It reminded me of an iceberg which is a powerful metaphor for the whole creative process and an image I often share with the writers I work with. Read the rest of this entry ›
Tags: creative, creative process, imagination, vision, writer, Writing
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
 A few days ago, I felt I had reached a metaphorical ‘rock’ in the middle of my usual free-flowing stream of ideas.
The impulse was strong & clear. I was ready to ‘raise the bar’ with my ‘emerging vision’ project but I just wasn’t sure how best to achieve that.
I certainly had lots of possibilities in mind but couldn’t yet see a way forwards which felt ‘right’ at every level (authentic alignment is a high priority for me).
So I wrote about how I was feeling in my journal and spontaneously sent out a plea for help to guide my next steps. Then I let it go and moved on to other things.
Within 36 hours I had my answer!
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Tags: creative, creative process, guidance, inspiration, vision
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
 I have recently started developing my ideas for a major new project which I feel extremely enthusiastic about.
It is as if the change and transformation which has been taking place within me and in my business over the last few months has been paving the way for the next level to unfold.
And this is a big project which is just in the very early stages so it will take a few months to complete.
In fact, I decided to set the launch date so that I have a slightly longer lead time than I had originally thought might be the case.
This is so that I can truly enjoy each stage of creating this project in a way that is authentic to me and honour my existing commitments.
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Tags: balance, change, creative process, transformation, vision
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The New Year is a fabulous time to inject a fresh burst of energy into your plans for writing and publishing your book.
