I walk with you as you establish stability, norms, and new habits that allow you time and energy to process stress.

When you do this, you become more and more comfortable in your own skin as a researcher, writer, and leader.

TOGETHER, we can get your coaching and editing needs met. 4/end

Sometimes one-size-fits-all writing, research, and editing strategies fall a bit short whereas one-on-one coaching allows you to be you.

You are unique. Your writing habits, discourse patterns, editing needs are unique as well. 3/

You probably already know the things that make you productive as a writer and researcher. You’ve worked so hard already to get where you are. Maybe you have taken research and writing bootcamps? You’ve certainly read your fair share of books, blogs, and posts! 2/

4. “Once we believe that creative work is central to who we are as a person, we will be willing to accept and cope with a certain level of discomfort and anxiety about potential social disapproval. If it matters that much, we are willing to deal with some tension and stress.” -Zorana Ivcevic Pringle

3. And interestingly, we can manage the stress of risk-taking by folding it into our identity. That part caught me off guard.

2. “The problem is that if we eliminate uncertainty, we preclude creativity. Creative pursuits, by their very nature, take us into the unknown,” asserts Zorana.

For example, Zorana emphasizes that creativity is not a solo pursuit. So, for an introvert like me, creativity means deliberately making choices to stay connected all the time—over and over—to my communities of fellow thinkers so I do not become isolated as someone who works from home.

Zorana Ivcevic Pringle writes: “Creativity is hard work. The process of creative work includes times of discomfort and doubt and frustration.”

Creativity is actually specific choices we make to stay focused in a particular way.

So great to spend time with you & your clients this morning! It was an honor!

Her new book says that creativity is not something that only a few people are born with. She says creativity is a series of deliberate choices that anyone can make. We all can make choices to fold in creativity into our work and lives. So heads up, this is what I am reading right now. More to come.

Your thinking about your research subject will progress and improve as you allow your writing to expand and evolve. And your writing will change as the depth of your knowledge changes.
All of that is good!!
Let yourself have the space to grow. :)

Write what you need to write and then let the thing you are writing go. Your writing will reflect your strengths and weaknesses of the moment when you wrote it.

Yes. These things. Going back to the basics helps us clarify our thoughts and write clearly.

Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life by Maggie Smith

#coaching #research #writing #academicwriting #higherEd #writingcoaching #productivitycoaching #hopingisbrave #editing

“Read your work aloud over and over, working out the rhythm, listening for any tongue twisters.”

“Look out for places in prose where your language feels stilted.”