Write Now Coach! Blog by Rochelle Melander

What My Literary Heroes Taught Me about Writing by Rochelle Melander When it comes to changing history, sometimes you must write your stories for the people least likely to embrace them. Harriet Ann Jacobs wrote her book, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, to appeal to white women... Read More

18 Feb 2025

Creativity

Jumpstart Your Creativity: Join the 100-Day Project

by Rochelle Melander With everything going on in the world, I’m struggling to focus and stay productive. Last year, I discovered and wrote about the 100-day project (https://writenowcoach.com/the-100-day-project/). The 100-day project provides the container I need make art. Read on to learn what it is and how to make it... Read More

11 Feb 2025

Productivity

How to Write when the World is on Fire

By Rochelle Melander I’ve spent the last week under the weather, first with the Norovirus, then with a cold. The only benefit to being sick has been my need to rest—and stay offline. It’s tempting to spend every moment scouring the news, listening to the pundits, seeking signs of hope... Read More

04 Feb 2025

Author Interviews

Writers@Work: Writing a Memoir about Illness

An Interview with Liv Rosin by Rochelle Melander Congratulations on your new book, My Stroke of Blessings: A Message of Hope. Can you tell us what it’s about? My Stroke of Blessings: A Story of Hope is a recounting of my brain hemorrhage, my determination to return to the classroom... Read More

28 Jan 2025

Productivity

Use the Difficulty

By Rochelle Melander ˆ The Exceptional is always usual And the Usual exceptional. To choose what is difficult all one’s days As if it were easy, that is faith. Joseph, praise. —W.H. Auden, For the Time Being My coach played a clip of Michael Caine talking about his philosophy, “Use... Read More

21 Jan 2025

Author Interviews

Writers@Work: Use Prompts to Shape Your Writing

An Interview with Marjorie Pagel by Rochelle Melander Tell us about your new book, Pastiche. Pastiche came together in bits and pieces – poems and short essays meant to be shared with other writers. I have a longstanding practice of signing up for classes and workshops, and there’s something about... Read More

14 Jan 2025

Writers@Work

Writers@Work: Writing Lessons from a President

By Rochelle Melander “Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.”― Jimmy Carter Watching President Jimmy Carter’s funeral last week got me interested in his writing life. Carter was one of the most prolific presidents, penning 32 books. (Twenty of his books became New York Times bestsellers.) As far... Read More

07 Jan 2025

Writer's PlayBook

Identify Your Allies

By Rochelle Melander This is what we can all do to nourish and strengthen one another: listen to one another very hard, ask hard questions, too, send one another away to work again, and laugh in all the right places. – Nancy Mairs Neuroscientist Moran Cerf said that we can... Read More