Ask Nancy: How do I get started?
My friend Caroline, a microbiologist who is looking to get started with writing, asked me a “stupid” writing question recently. It wasn’t stupid at all, and in the course of our conversation I realized...
View ArticleHow I Wrote My Book
I was talking to a coaching colleague yesterday, and she said something that, I realized, may also be something people are thinking as they consider taking my Intuitive Writing course. “I looked at...
View ArticleAsk Nancy: What did your process look like?
Last time, I shared my conversation with a friend who was having trouble figuring out how to turn her vague ideas into something more. This week, I want to share the second half of our conversation,...
View ArticleWhat you NEED to get started
I’ve been putting together two new Pinterest boards. One is a Creative Reminders Journal board, which consists of a lot of quotes and other ideas/practices that help me keep perspective on my process....
View ArticleNever Forget How Good It Feels
Tell me if this sounds familiar: You love your writing/drawing/painting/dancing/acting/singing/collaging work. You know you love it. I mean, that’s why you do it, right? But you find that it slips down...
View ArticleGet Your Improv On
Many years ago, I took some acting classes at the local adult school. Some of us found out about an improv workshop that was being held at a local theater, and since I loved Whose Line Is It Anyway, I...
View Article3 Surprising Ways Creative Courage Can Save You
My friend Domenic is an interesting guy. I’ve known him since I was a kid, because his dad cut my hair. When we were in school, Dom drew great cartoons. His dad insisted that he learn to cut hair,...
View ArticleHow to Stop Being Your Own Creative Enemy
I’m just wrapping up my Intuitive Writing Lab course, and last week, in response to some comments on our call and afterwards about having trouble being creative in the evening, being nervous about...
View ArticleHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Deadline
For a very long time, I thought deadlines were evil: the demarcation of an arbitrary limit that would deny my free-flowing creativity and make me a miserable person. That was my experience all through...
View ArticleWhy Florence Foster Jenkins is the Patron Saint of Creative Courage
I finally saw Florence Foster Jenkins this weekend. If you’ve seen the movie, or even the trailer, you know that Florence Foster Jenkins was a woman who lived in New York in the 30s and had, some would...
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