By Carol Grannick on December 31, 2010
This will be my last post at The Irrepressible Writer for awhile or forever, although it won’t be my last commentary on creating and maintaining resilience for the writer’s journey.
My tri-yearly column continues at Illinois-SCBWI’s The Prairie Wind and I’ll happily guest post, put my two cents into conversations, and remain available for consultation via [...]
Posted in Learned Resilience: How To Do It, Lessons From Life, Rethinking Writing Obstacles | Tagged How to Stop Negative Thinking, Resilience Workshop
By Carol Grannick on December 23, 2010
This site at the Chicago Botanic Gardens made me think: are there are times as a writer when you might feel like you’re just barely hanging on? When the obstacles of the writing life seem overwhelming and almost – almost – more than you can bear? You’re at the edge of despair, but not willing to [...]
Posted in Learned Resilience: How To Do It, Lessons From Life | Tagged negative feelings
By Carol Grannick on December 19, 2010
I’m so pleased to present this interview with Kate Messner, author of the brand-new SUGAR AND ICE ( Walker, 2010) and THE BRILLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z. ( Walker 2010 ).
Here, Kate generously discusses writing resilience – having it, pumping it up, and reinforcing its importance in the writers’ journey.
If you struggle with [...]
Posted in Interviews: Resilience At Work, Learned Resilience: How To Do It | Tagged Kate Messner, SUGAR AND ICE, THE BRILLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z., writers' resilience
By Carol Grannick on December 8, 2010
It seems to be human nature to want to begin anew by setting goals we can’t possibly meet.
So…nothing wrong with beginning anew as we come up on January 2011 (yikes!)…and nothing wrong with setting goals, even making resolutions or vows. Such activities are built in to our secular and many religious frameworks.
If you’re the type [...]
Posted in Learned Resilience: How To Do It, Rethinking Writing Obstacles | Tagged writing goals, writing resolutions
