How to Say No
(and Preserve Your Writing Time) by Rochelle Melander “If something is not a “hell, YEAH!,” then it’s a “no!” – James Altucher At the beginning... Read More
Hook Your Brain: How to Focus and Write Now
By Rochelle Melander May Sarton published Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing, anovel about a poet and writer in the early 60s, long before cell phones and... Read More
The Writer’s Secret Weapon: Envisioning Your Future Self
By Rochelle Melander Imagine that you have someone who’s eagerly awaiting your next writing project. She will rejoice when you finish it. He can’t wait... Read More
Stop Staring at the Blank Page: Why Prewriting Is a Game Changer
by Rochelle Melander There’s more than one way to look at a blank page. Gaston Bachelard wrote: A word is a bud attempting to become... Read More
The Game Changer: Gather Ideas Like A Pro
The Writer’s Guide to Collecting, Generating, Recording, and Developing New Ideas by Rochelle Melander Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good... Read More
Need a Breakthrough? Clean Your House!
Game Changer #3 by Rochelle Melander “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” That saying, attributed to both Knute Rockne and Joseph P.... Read More
How Connecting to Your Purpose Can Transform YOU and Your Writing
by Rochelle Melander When the world is in crisis—it’s important to get connected to your why. Twice a week, Heather Cox Richardson, closes her Politics... Read More