Subject: The Quiet Before the Creating

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The Quiet Before the Creating.

Welcome to the Creativity Sparks Newsletter! We help genre fiction writers through live and home study courses, a 12-month group program, and private consultations.
16 September 2017
Oakland, CA

Hi Friend,

Last week I talked about boundaries, so that you can get your writing (or editing or marketing) done in a way that works for you.

To refresh your memory or see it for the first time, you can jump to the blog post here.

Today I want to talk about the quiet before, during, and after writing. 

Before I write I'm often agitated, an angst without words.

While writing, I reach for the right word and find myself often lacking.

After a writing or editing session, I experience as emptiness and feel I have nothing to say. I've said it all.

I bring up this experience to include it as part of the creative process. We word people don't always have words. And that's okay.

Do you experience this kind of calm? I'm curious. Hit reply and let me know.

In book and author marketing news, I found this fun, free way to research what ads and promotions work from the indie authors themselves here: http://www.jasonbladd.com/indielisters/.

In business support news, I have really benefited from being a part of the Heart of Business community. It's been nourishing and healing so that I can focus with clear-heart and clear-sight on helping you and myself.

Have a fabulous week and happy writing!

♥ 

All my best,
Beth


PS. Join Ezra and I for the Plan Your Novel Party & Giveaway next week, Sept. 23rd! Even if you can't join the party, you can still sign up for all the goodies. You'll also be eligible for the Grand Prize Giveaways.

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ABOUT

Beth Barany is creativity coach for writers, a teacher, workshop facilitator, and speaker, helping writers address overwhelm and confusion so that they can write, market, and publish their fiction. And make it fun!

Owner of the Barany School of Fiction, an online training hub, Beth takes great interest in how humans learn, create, and grow, and includes all her students’ life experiences, including the ancestors, into the moment. Check out the comprehensive Plan Your Novel course here.

She also writes magical tales of romance and adventure to empower women and girls to jump into life with both feet and be the heroes in their own lives. Check out her Henrietta series here (YA Fantasy) and her Touchstone series here (Fantasy/Paranormal Romance).

Support her mission to empower women and girls with her fiction on Patreon here.

Read her latest book for writers, Twitter for Authors, here.

beth@bethbarany.com

Barany School of Fiction

Writer's Fun Zone blog


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