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Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach
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Приєднався 17 гру 2016
On this channel, I'm helping writers gain skills and strategies to overcome hurdles and reach their writing goals by sharing my best tips, training, and coaching advice. If you're a nonfiction writer looking for input and confidence to level up and advance your career, subscribe to this channel and I'll provide you with ongoing coaching-for free!
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When did you stop writing?
Somewhere along the way, you stopped writing.
Life got in the way.
You lost your confidence. You ran out of time. You ran out of ideas. You hit a huge block you can’t get past.
Maybe you thought writing belonged to younger-you, when the stakes were lower and you took more risks.
For one reason or another, the words stopped flowing. You set aside your pen. You stopped calling yourself a writer. You scribble in a journal now and then, but nothing beyond that.
This happens.
One day, you’re an unstoppable force-a creativity marvel, spinning out stories like a professional word-weaver. The next, you’re staring at a blank page, feeling the weight of fear, doubt, and a lack of motivation.
You face external hurdles.
It doesn’t help that the world seems to conspire against you. Every interruption, every demand on your time, feels like you’re yanked away from your true calling. You wonder if that original spark is gone for good, snuffed out.
I’ve been there. When my dad needed loads of caregiving attention, my mind didn’t have space to think creative thoughts, and I had almost no time to sit down and write. I was sitting down for “care meetings,” driving him to urologist appointments, tracking down fax machines to send documents to insurance companies, and dealing with the emotional strain of his increasing dementia and its unpredictable fury.
Overwhelmed by the responsibilities and stress, I put all but essential tasks on pause during that era.
The few words I eked out felt forced. The spark was gone.
Guess what?
You’re in good company.
Every writer hits this wall at some point. Some swear they don’t, but I would bet my favorite pen that every writer faces moments-sometimes long stretches-when the words just don’t come.
If that’s happening to you, don’t see it as a sign that you’re not cut out for this, or that you’ve lost your gift. It proves you’re in good company-it’s a sign you’re human.
Indeed, you’re a real writer.
Because you’re a writer, let’s figure out how to get those words in motion again.
Write a few minutes a day.
Even during the intense caregiving days, I could squeeze in tiny pockets for my work-windows of opportunity between appointments or before bed. It wasn’t much, but it was something. You can write, too. Even a few minutes in a notebook or your phone’s Notes app is a start. Get going by getting something down.
Get Your 5-Minute Writer Freebie
Grab this fillable workbook for ideas to make the most of every writing opportunity. You’ll get:
• Lists of tiny tasks you can tackle when five minutes opens up so you make progress in your writing (for both fiction and nonfiction writers!)
• Ideas for where to contain your research, ideas, and drafts
• Real-life proof from your writing coach that your writing life can expand in tiny openings
Write anything.
You may have a deadline staring you down or a deep desire to write your memoir. But if your writing’s at a standstill, let yourself write anything-your thoughts, a memory, a description of your surroundings. You need to invite your mind back to the page, so don’t add pressure by forcing it to perform an Act of Great Writing. Write a card to a friend or a simple update on social media.
Write sloppy.
Let go of the need for your writing to be perfect. Produce something purposefully imperfect if you need to, even sloppy. It’s more important to reignite the habit than to stress out trying to write typo-free text without a single sentence fragment. Sneak past your internal Grammar Guard who threatens to bludgeon you with the Chicago Manual of Style. Heck, write sentence fragments on purpose. Slip one in to free you up. You’ll feel like a rebel, which might produce the energy you need to fuel your creative fire.
Remind yourself WHY.
Reconnect with why you started writing in the first place. What drew you to this craft? What did it give you that nothing else could? Tap into that original passion, and let it guide you back to the page.
Try “writing” with another tool.
If your circumstances don’t allow time or space for you to sit down at a keyboard and type, speak your ideas into a voice recording app. Have the audio file transcribed and voila! You’ve got a draft. It’s a way to get your ideas out, even within logistical limitations.
Be kind to yourself.
Stop beating yourself up. When we’re kind to ourselves, we acknowledge our humanity, and open ourselves up to return to embrace the writer we’ve been smacking down. Sarah Severson writing for Rewired Dynamics (www.rewireddynamics.com/self-compassion-key-to-self-improvement-and-productivity/) explains:
“Self-compassion encourages us to explore without the fear of failure. This freedom to experiment fosters creativity, leading to innovative problem-solving and increased productivity.”1
In other words, with self-compassion and kindness instead of self...
Life got in the way.
You lost your confidence. You ran out of time. You ran out of ideas. You hit a huge block you can’t get past.
Maybe you thought writing belonged to younger-you, when the stakes were lower and you took more risks.
For one reason or another, the words stopped flowing. You set aside your pen. You stopped calling yourself a writer. You scribble in a journal now and then, but nothing beyond that.
This happens.
One day, you’re an unstoppable force-a creativity marvel, spinning out stories like a professional word-weaver. The next, you’re staring at a blank page, feeling the weight of fear, doubt, and a lack of motivation.
You face external hurdles.
It doesn’t help that the world seems to conspire against you. Every interruption, every demand on your time, feels like you’re yanked away from your true calling. You wonder if that original spark is gone for good, snuffed out.
I’ve been there. When my dad needed loads of caregiving attention, my mind didn’t have space to think creative thoughts, and I had almost no time to sit down and write. I was sitting down for “care meetings,” driving him to urologist appointments, tracking down fax machines to send documents to insurance companies, and dealing with the emotional strain of his increasing dementia and its unpredictable fury.
Overwhelmed by the responsibilities and stress, I put all but essential tasks on pause during that era.
The few words I eked out felt forced. The spark was gone.
Guess what?
You’re in good company.
Every writer hits this wall at some point. Some swear they don’t, but I would bet my favorite pen that every writer faces moments-sometimes long stretches-when the words just don’t come.
If that’s happening to you, don’t see it as a sign that you’re not cut out for this, or that you’ve lost your gift. It proves you’re in good company-it’s a sign you’re human.
Indeed, you’re a real writer.
Because you’re a writer, let’s figure out how to get those words in motion again.
Write a few minutes a day.
Even during the intense caregiving days, I could squeeze in tiny pockets for my work-windows of opportunity between appointments or before bed. It wasn’t much, but it was something. You can write, too. Even a few minutes in a notebook or your phone’s Notes app is a start. Get going by getting something down.
Get Your 5-Minute Writer Freebie
Grab this fillable workbook for ideas to make the most of every writing opportunity. You’ll get:
• Lists of tiny tasks you can tackle when five minutes opens up so you make progress in your writing (for both fiction and nonfiction writers!)
• Ideas for where to contain your research, ideas, and drafts
• Real-life proof from your writing coach that your writing life can expand in tiny openings
Write anything.
You may have a deadline staring you down or a deep desire to write your memoir. But if your writing’s at a standstill, let yourself write anything-your thoughts, a memory, a description of your surroundings. You need to invite your mind back to the page, so don’t add pressure by forcing it to perform an Act of Great Writing. Write a card to a friend or a simple update on social media.
Write sloppy.
Let go of the need for your writing to be perfect. Produce something purposefully imperfect if you need to, even sloppy. It’s more important to reignite the habit than to stress out trying to write typo-free text without a single sentence fragment. Sneak past your internal Grammar Guard who threatens to bludgeon you with the Chicago Manual of Style. Heck, write sentence fragments on purpose. Slip one in to free you up. You’ll feel like a rebel, which might produce the energy you need to fuel your creative fire.
Remind yourself WHY.
Reconnect with why you started writing in the first place. What drew you to this craft? What did it give you that nothing else could? Tap into that original passion, and let it guide you back to the page.
Try “writing” with another tool.
If your circumstances don’t allow time or space for you to sit down at a keyboard and type, speak your ideas into a voice recording app. Have the audio file transcribed and voila! You’ve got a draft. It’s a way to get your ideas out, even within logistical limitations.
Be kind to yourself.
Stop beating yourself up. When we’re kind to ourselves, we acknowledge our humanity, and open ourselves up to return to embrace the writer we’ve been smacking down. Sarah Severson writing for Rewired Dynamics (www.rewireddynamics.com/self-compassion-key-to-self-improvement-and-productivity/) explains:
“Self-compassion encourages us to explore without the fear of failure. This freedom to experiment fosters creativity, leading to innovative problem-solving and increased productivity.”1
In other words, with self-compassion and kindness instead of self...
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I found this interesting thank you however, I thought trauma informed practice for a memoir would be primarily about protecting themselves against being traumatised by writing their story.
I like your art and the way you represent your ideas 😊! Thanks Ann🎉
Thanks for taking time to comment!
This was so helpful and encouraging, thank you!!
I'm so glad! Thanks for taking time to watch...and reply.
Thank you for the tips❤
Thanks for watching-I hope you pick up that pen (or put fingers to keyboard) this very day!
originally, I was working on just this 1 book, when I start to go to structure, the book does not make sense after I read it. After multiple attemp, and restructure it, to make it work. it turn out to be 13 books and 2 series. 1 main book ( Intro-book ), 6 books in Days series, 6 books in Night series. it turn out to be a system, and it's not just a book any more. this process took my 8 yrs to get it this far.
Great episode. Jane is so helpful, as always. Nice to learn about Ann's work. And yes! GET YOUR NAME! I didn't get my name on Gmail. I'm VERY sore about it. Get your name!!!!!
Thank you for joining me in this call to GET YOUR NAME because I had the same thing happen: I didn't get Gmail and I didn't get Pinterest. Sometimes I wonder if that other Ann Kroeker gets annoying pitches from writers wanting to work with her as their writing coach but they guessed at my email...and she just deletes, deletes, deletes those inquiries...and those poor writers think I'm ignoring them!
@@annkroekerwritingcoach Ha. Yes. And I wonder if that other Nita Sweeney (she's a visual artist) gets emails from mentally ill runners asking her to recommend a therapist! Such is life.
I cross post my website essays on Medium for greater discoverability and exposure, because it seems website blogs today get zero traffic. But Medium seems to be dying. I experimented with Substack, but hated their comment system and the feeling that there was always a middleman between me and my readers. So I went back to my website and Flodesk newsletter. Also, I adopted a patronage model (PayPal) on my site similar to Marginalia, and much prefer it to the subscription model with its pressure to produce. Readers donate whatever they want, or not at all.
Jane is a wonderful resource and person. Thanks for having her talk about this.
Thanks for watching-I was thrilled to have her on the show..
I have done this so many times! Thanks for the reminder to stop and take detailed notes.
I hope you write loads of words in the weeks ahead!
Definitely a plantser!
Wonderful advice!❤ Love the great content on your page. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.
Love this!❤
Great series Ann!
great advise!!
Ann... So much thanks you for what you are giving us!! I was looking for a lot something like it, and in this few minuts you gave me a lot of clarity about the path to follow!!... So clean, so clear!!... God is huge in you!!... Thanks!!... I love you!!
Very useful
Thanks for this wonderful episode. The delivery is so musical, chapeau 👏
Thanks for this encouraging comment!
I like this and it won’t let me add a like
That's weird! I will receive your text "like" here in the comments with gratitude. (I wonder if it's the way it loads and codes podcast episodes versus regular videos?)
My book is about scrapbooking techniques; I put a "quick tip" and link to one of my youtube videos to visualise the technique after every one of them.
That's a great idea! One of my clients was wondering how she might do this herself-I'll pass along this tip. Thanks for sharing!
I organized the topics of my book with the table of contents; I added, removed, reorganized...the best way for me. Thanks for this video. Dominique
That sounds like a smart way to think through your project at the developmental level. Thanks for sharing your process with us!
very very very low volume though the content is good please fix the mic
Thanks for letting me know. I played it and it seems okay. I'll continue to tweak.
i know im just follow short time goal that lead to long term i hope i dont loose byway of ditch the idea and focus on the short term cause it upp to god way for me that why and i just get excited case it tell me the truth if i can swing domne thing or not if it will bring and i dont know why i get all caught uo it cause dreamer dieace and i like i cold use the wake up call and start being rihjt with my self and allowong hte devil to piss me poff and anger me that i do mean thing to myself i do it for power over my self and yes o do have tuff italian by way slanf mean fancy weight whicj onlymean the stanrad with the fruit part with and value code to but i should onyuse that do get the stanard thing my vanity that why
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I have listened to the podcast for years and was looking on youtube for a reading like a writer episode and stumbled on your video. Im just starting and am starting on short stories. The writers I am reading to learn from are Louis Lamour, Hemingway, Guy de Maupassant, Poe, Doyle, Joyce, Fitzgerald, O. Henry, and Mark Twain. For a start, at least.
I love this list of writers, Ronnie. Thanks for sharing your plan. I've been developing a list like this myself, focusing first on those that are available for free online and then working toward short story collections in books. Have fun marking them up!
I like what you say here... I think for me, I am more an insirational writer. He allows it to germinate in my head via 'life-experiences' and boom, I write and much of it is deep. Just saying...
I'm doing something interesting. I have a book list in notion I'm also writing my first book, which I later plan to make into a series. I gave ChatGPT my story's premise and asked for books that could help and inspire me . In another ChatGPT conversation, i take the description of the book, and then I put my story's premise and how each book can help and inspire me for my series Can I go to the book in my notion book and find the book in my list or add it to my list Then I take the description from Amazon put the description in the book The under that I put my story's premise Then under that I take the notes that ChatGPT gave me and put them in each book I have in my notion book list. So when I read from now, I'll find a book in my notion list and check to see if I have any notes for that particular book.
What an interesting use of AI. Thanks for sharing your process in such detail!
Can you read a book for us? Even a few chapters will help.
Are you saying you'd like me to mark up a book and show you my thought process as I annotate?
@@annkroekerwritingcoach Yes, take a page from Ulysses, The Wave, Storm of Swords, The Final Empire, and keep going. I guess a lot people can learn a lot from how you read them.
Thank you for this. Just before watching, I had pretty much given up, and decided to just copy other writers until I felt good enough to try again on my own. This makes so much sense. I appreciate you "giving us permission".
We all learn from excellent model texts if we go back in time to childhood. We forget that we can learn this way as adults, too. Enjoy! I hope you learn tons and gain lots of inspiration and confience!
Please cover how to write like a reader 😅
Ha! Love it! Do you follow Modern Mrs. Darcy/What Should I Read Next? She writes about what she reads.
thankyou
thanks
Great guidance, thank you. Still hesitating to write in my books though! 😂
You're not alone...I have to talk myself into it every time.
Thank you
Glad to help!
Problem-cause-solution ❤
Sometimes we overthink structure only to discover it's as easy as one-two-three, problem-cause-solution! Hope your writing flourishes!
@@annkroekerwritingcoach that's a breakthrough advice, you've given me there.. Keep it up..
That not writing in the books is deep ingrained in some cultures and families, even I grew up in similar atmosphere. Thankyou Ann, your video actually helped clear my inner hesitations.
Thank you for your advice. I will write now with more intention in my chosen books. A good friend told me once not to write in books. I asked him why, books are full of writing. Oh yes, he mused, then he changed his mind.
"Books are full of writing." I love that snappy comeback!
I’m new here (subscriber). Really helpful video. Thank you for sharing!
When I Was struggling to finish my book, I set a target of 10 pages per day. Is that wrong or not as good as word counts target?
It's good if you finished your book! For some people, 10 pages would be huge and overwhelming (it might average to over 2,000 words a day!); for others, that would be achievable and sustainable. If it helped, you may have found a solution to get you to the finish line. Did you finish the book?
"PromoSM"
Questions: 1. Does Scrivener print my document titles in the compile mode? (I’m referring to the documents inside each chapter, I want the title to print) 2. Would each document print on its separate page? I don’t want that to happen. It would be a waste of paper as I just have short paragraphs in many of them.) 3. And does compile do anything to my manuscript? (I’m worried that when I have to go back and do my second and third draft, it will still be there and I can carry on. I’m pretty sure it would be, but I don’t want to panic if things look differently than before.) Thank you for making your video’s, Ann. (I like how you said something (the gist of it) like as you write it will come together and it will start making sense. However you put it was very helpful to my mind and my self-confidence. Just keep on writing.)
I'm so glad you find these helpful and are working so hard on your projects! I'm not a Scrivener power user (I've only dabbled with it and tend to use Google Docs these days, instead). That said, I'm pretty sure it compiles to one document and that it's a feature users like. You can compile and send to printer or compiles as PDF to see it first, then print when you're satisfied the document looks the way you think it should. Here's the Scrivener website explaining: www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/printing-with-scrivener#:~:text=I%20won't%20go%20into,the%20draft%20to%20your%20printer.
@@annkroekerwritingcoach thank you, Ann🙂
Useful information! I never write in my books, because I thought it would spoil the book… I’m so grateful! 🙏🏻
It too me so long to get over that sense of ruining the pages. You could ease yourself into it by starting with sticky notes and the moving to pencils. :)
@@annkroekerwritingcoach thank you 😊 good idea, I’ll give it a try!
I'm guessing when she's referring to a non-fiction writer and their social media status that she is referring to books regarding a particular subject (ex: Personal Trainer writes about fitness) versus me writing a biography about Abraham Lincoln, correct? I have never picked up a non-fiction biography and thought; "I wonder what this author's social media numbers are?" It's just silly. Then again, Lucinda is the professional 🤷
Great presentation! Thank you, Ann. Every creative should read Austin Klein’s trilogy starting with “Steal Like An Artist.” Fits right in with what you are saying. Audible has the trilogy for one credit.
I’m a plotter. My stories are too big (as in the worlds, backstories, and timeline) to write as I go. I’d write myself into too many plot holes and make far more work for myself than necessary.
Excellent presentation. I can tell you are a great coach.
Thanks for watching!
I need help I don't know what I am doing
Great advice!
I know this is a few years old, but I’m just starting writing a children’s book series on something that, I believe, has not been done before. Apparently, this is exactly what I have been doing for the last 6 months! I thought I was somehow cheating or being disingenuous by researching other children’s book series similar to what I’d like to do. Well, it suddenly hit me. This is autistic masking. I’m late diagnosed autistic/ADHD as are my kids. I have been decoding neurotypical behavior and using reverse engineering in order to hide my autistic characteristics and use what works so well for others my entire life. Patterns, sequences, connections, and efficiency are what neurodivergents are so innately good at! Transitions and executive functioning are always more difficult as well! I just never analyzed it like this before. And, now, I’m using that tool to write children’s books about disabilities and illnesses. I’m curious if Dr. Friedman make this connection as well? Quirks? lol I feel so validated! Has he analyzed the number of his clients that use this method and happen to be also neurodivergent? Have I…decoded this…and made a connection? 😳
Oh my goodness, this is so amazing-and it makes so much sense. This is your superpower! Congratulations on the books, too, because heaven knows they are desperately needed. I'm so glad you took time to watch and respond with such a personal and specific reply. I'm going to pass this along to Ron!
Very insightful and inspiring - just watched this for the first day of NaNoWriMo. Thank you Ann 🎉
I'm so honored to be part of your NaNoWriMo journey! How's it going? Making progress?
@annkroekerwritingcoach Bless thanks for asking, but haha, no! Stalled horribly by real life taking over - will make it a priority today now that you've held me accountable!
Oh, @@arvymidlifecrisis - I hope you manage to get some writing done, despite the Thanksgiving holiday (that is, assuming you're in the U.S.).
Thank you - I've listened to this 3 or 4 times and found it very inspiring 👏
I'm so glad! I hope you land on a structure that works well for you. And be sure to study how other books are structured by peeking at their TOCs!