HOW TO MAKE WRITING FUN | let’s talk about healing your writing process & ✨creative joy✨

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - intro
3:09 - get rid of goals, schedules, and deadlines
5:26 - brainstorm instead of writing
6:10 - make writing a special event
7:46 - write exactly what you want to write
16:20 - write from momentum rather than force
18:31 - focus on immersing in the scene
19:50 - don't wallow in problems
22:14 - remember that writing is very low stakes

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MY SHORT STORIES:
☾Tabula Rasa - The Temz Review: https://www.thetemzreview.com/fiction...
☾How to Slaughter - The Common: https://www.thecommononline.org/how-t...
☾After Hours - Vagabond City Lit: https://vagabondcitylit.com/2022/04/1...
☾Daughter of a King - Vagabond City Lit: https://vagabondcitylit.com/2022/03/2...
☾Cherry and Jane in the Garden of Eden - The Puritan: https://ex-puritan.ca/cherry-and-jane...
☾Zugzwang - Plenitude: https://plenitudemagazine.ca/zugzwang/
☾Elise Holding a Deer Mouse, 1829 - CAROUSEL: http://carouselmagazine.ca/c45-bishop/
☾I Will Never Tell You This - The Puritan: https://ex-puritan.ca/never-tell-you-...
☾Solarium - Minola Review: http://www.minolareview.com/shaelin-b...
☾Barefoot - The Fiddlehead [print only]: https://thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282
☾Wishbone - PRISM international [print only]: http://prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/pr...
☾Wishbone - video reading: https://vimeo.com/420052282
☾Hold Me Under Till I See the Light - The New Quarterly: https://tnq.ca/story/hold-me-under-ti...
☾Beautiful Animal - Room: https://roommagazine.com/issues/twine
☾How You'll Feel After the War - PRISM international: http://prismmagazine.ca/2021/10/20/pr...

FAQS
→How old are you? - 26
→How long have you been writing? - Since I was 8
→Where do you live? - I keep that private for safety reasons, but I grew up in Vancouver.
→Where did you go to university and what did you study? - I keep my university information private, but I majored in writing with a concentration in fiction.
→What are your pronouns? - They/them or she/her
→Where can I read your books? - None of my books are published yet, but you can read my published short fiction in my linktree (linked above!)
→So when will your book be published? - I don’t know! I’m in the revision process right now, but I can’t predict exactly when I’ll have a book published. But I’m working on it!
→Do you plan to traditionally publish or self publish? - Traditionally publish
→Will you read my book/story/chapter/mentor me? - Unfortunately I cannot accommodate these requests because editing/critiquing is a labour intensive task that I can’t afford to do for free alongside my job, my own writing, and running this platform. If you would like to hire me for paid editing work, contact me privately on twitter or instagram.

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