Wish I'd Known Then . . . For Writers Get the First Draft Written and Mental Health for Writers with Erin P.T. Canning
Episode 204 / Having trouble getting words on the page? Erin P.T. Canning has strategies to help! We delve into how to let go of perfectionism and give yourself permission to write a “bad” first draft. Erin also shares how writing helped her with depression.
- Why it’s important to look backward as well plan for the future
- Making time to write as a busy at-home and working mom
- Turning off the inner critic
- Embracing you genre
- Daydreaming: mentally draft and revise before writing
- Placeholder as the first chapter
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