Write Now Coach! Blog by Rochelle Melander

The most important thing is to hold on, hold out, for your creative life, for your solitude, for your time to be and do, for your very life. —Clarissa Pinkola Estes Stephen King writes every day, with the goal of writing ten pages a day. Hemingway wrote early in the... Read More

30 Jul 2013

Productivity, Write Now! Weekly Writing Tip

How to Write When You Have No Time by Rochelle Melander

If I have ten minutes I use them even if they bring only two lines, and it keeps the book alive. —Rumer Godden. So how do you write when you have no time? That’s not a stupid question. We all encounter periods when we have no time to write. At times,... Read More

25 Jul 2013

Failure

Writer’s Fears: Ally or Enemy by Bruce Elkin

Welcome, readers! I met Bruce Elkin online (of course!) through a listserv we both belong to. I visited his website and read one of his ebooks, THRIVE! His insightful work on resilience and thriving in the midst of messiness got me thinking: I’d love to hear what Bruce has to... Read More

23 Jul 2013

Write Now! Weekly Writing Tip

Balancing Vision and Expectations by Rochelle Melander

[It’s] not easy to find the balance, for if one does not have wild dreams of achievement, there is no spur even to get the dishes washed. One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being. —May Sarton, Journal of a Solitude I’ve had some... Read More

16 Jul 2013

Write Now! Weekly Writing Tip

The Five Habits of Sane Writers by Rochelle Melander

It’s nervous work. The state you need to write in is the state that others are paying large sums to get rid of. —Shirley Hazzard A week or so ago, I heard about this post from a member of a listserv I’m on: Twelve Habits of Happy, Healthy People Who... Read More

09 Jul 2013

Write Now! Weekly Writing Tip

How to Meet Your Deadlines by Rochelle Melander

How did it get so late so soon? —Dr. Seuss. June was a busy month for me. Between teaching and conferences, my weekends were booked solid. So I tried to move some of my weekend chores to the weekdays. I figured I could easily complete a few editing projects, lead... Read More

02 Jul 2013

Write Now! Weekly Writing Tip

How I Failed Multitasking and Found Time to Write by Rochelle Melander

Multitasking is the opportunity to mess up more than one thing at a time. —Anonymous I had a meltdown. I’m not proud of it. It happens every summer, no matter how much I plan. School ends, summer begins, and my routine goes to the dogs. This year, I vowed it would... Read More