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Writers' Stagnation? Opportunity For Growth!

Writers’ Stagnation? Opportunity For Growth!

By Carol Grannick on May 11, 2010

I’m honored this week at The Irrepressible Writer to have a guest post by Meredith Resnick, whose blog at http://writersinnerjourney.com is a constant source of nourishment and inspiration. I am particularly fond of Meredith’s brilliant, concise interviews that explore the heart, mind and spirit of the writer’s creative process.
I hope you’ll enjoy her – here, [...]

Posted in Rethinking Writing Obstacles | Tagged writing growth, writing stagnation | 6 Responses

Ruminating Writer?

By Carol Grannick on May 5, 2010

It’s not just the negative self-talk that wastes your writing time. It’s the negative self-talk over and over. And over.
Ruminating is a common and unhappy, unproductive activity. And the desire to “just say no” and switch it off can be unsuccessful.
In fact, yelling at Rumination to stop often kicks in a bigger and “better” [...]

Posted in Rethinking Writing Obstacles | Tagged rumination | 2 Responses

Writing Dreams

Writing Dreams

By Carol Grannick on April 28, 2010

Here’s my office.
To me, it’s the best room in our home. Two windows looking out on an open street with trees bring in light from sunup to sundown, and many of  my favorite office ‘mates’ line the shelves and walls – books, sculpture, prints and wall-hangings.

A perfect place to write…in my mind, a [...]

Posted in Rethinking Writing Obstacles | Tagged writing dreams | 4 Responses

Overwhelmed? Reach Out For Writer's Help

Overwhelmed? Reach Out For Writer’s Help

By Carol Grannick on April 20, 2010

One day we feel fine, and then we don’t.
In part, that’s because we’re always changing, and our feelings come and go.
One of the ways to pull yourself back into a positive space is to reach out for help.
Recently, I began to sense my inner Medusa waking, but she wasn’t threatening writers’ block. No, it was [...]

Posted in Rethinking Writing Obstacles | Tagged feeling overwhelmed | 4 Responses

Positively National Poetry Month

Positively National Poetry Month

By Carol Grannick on April 13, 2010

If you want to stay in an upward spiral of positive emotion, or need to nip a negative spiral in the bud, it’s helpful to think of yourself as a hunter-gatherer, searching for and collecting events, experiences and mementos of positivity that you can pull out and use as you need them. It will create [...]

Posted in Learned Resilience: How To Do It | Tagged creating positive emotions, Poetry | 4 Responses

Feelings Are Transient: The Good News And The Bad

Feelings Are Transient: The Good News And The Bad

By Carol Grannick on April 6, 2010

When you welcome or tolerate them as natural responses, negative feelings pass. That’s the good news.
The bad news? Positive feelings pass, too! And since positive emotions are “lighter” than negative, Dr. Barbara Fredrickson’s research has shown, so far, that a 3:1 ratio of positive emotions to negative emotions is helpful in maintaining an Upward Spiral.
Which [...]

Posted in Learned Resilience: How To Do It | Tagged Barbara Fredrickson, feelings, Ph.D., Upward Spiral | 2 Responses

Letting In The Light: Overcoming Negative Self-Talk

By Carol Grannick on March 29, 2010

I was honored to guest post this week at Meredith Resnick’s Writers’ Inner Journey. If you mosey on over to check out the post on “Letting In The Light: Overcoming Negative Self-Talk”, I encourage you to dive into the site’s wonderful explorations of creativity. Meredith’s interviews are concise and perceptive, probing authors’ and writing professionals’ [...]

Posted in Learned Resilience: How To Do It | Tagged negative self-talk | Leave a response

Interview: Investment, Talent, Honesty...and Cake! a chat with "Will Write For Cake"

Interview: Investment, Talent, Honesty…and Cake! a chat with “Will Write For Cake”

By Carol Grannick on March 23, 2010

When writers share their struggles with staying resilient and persevering on the writing journey, it helps us all. This is the first of The Irrepressible Writer interviews with writers published, unpublished, known and unknown.
Here, a Houston-based critique group, Will Write For Cake generously shares their thoughts, feelings, struggles and tools for maintaining resilience. First, meet [...]

Posted in Interviews: Resilience At Work | Tagged critique groups, writers' resilience | 8 Responses

Tip for Disputing Negative Thoughts

Tip for Disputing Negative Thoughts

By Carol Grannick on March 7, 2010

The most frequent way I decrease negativity that’s beginning to feel inappropriate or unproductive is by disputing negative thoughts, because most often, they are incorrect. Of course, it’s always important to remember that negative emotions are perfectly appropriate for many situations; it’s when they feel inappropriate, prolonged and damaging to your energy, productivity and creativity [...]

Posted in Learned Resilience: How To Do It | Tagged negative self-talk, negative thoughts | 2 Responses

Happy Belated Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Happy Belated Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

By Carol Grannick on March 3, 2010

At #kidlitchat on Twitter Tuesday night, March 2, @gregpincus and @bonnieadamson (facilitators of the weekly chat) asked what book or books had inspired us to begin writing for children.
We began on track, then (not unproductively) veered over into books we loved, books that had had impact on us.
I said that, at least on a conscious [...]

Posted in Lessons From Life | Tagged Dr. Seuss | 2 Responses

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