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Category: Inspiration

Guest Post by Deb Eckerling: Celebrate Your Wins and Start Making New Plans

December 11, 2021 Laurie Leave a comment

When do you set new goals and make new plans? Every week? Every month? Every year? All of the above?…

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Posted in: Guest Post, Inspiration, Writing Coach Filed under: Deb Eckerling, goal-setting, goals, mission & mottto, The Deb Method, wins

Greater Los Angeles Writers Conference – August 2021

July 30, 2021 Laurie Leave a comment

The mission of West Coast Writers Conferences is to provide writers of all genres and disciplines with an inspirational and…

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Posted in: Fiction, Inspiration, Writing Coach Filed under: West Coast Writers Conference

Soulful Screenwriting Returns on National Screenwriters’ Day

January 2, 2021 Laurie Leave a comment

SOULFUL SCREENWRITING: AN EMPOWERING INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP SERIES Explore the soul of a screenplay and yourself as the writer: Tuesdays –…

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Posted in: Fiction, Genre Writing, Horror, Inspiration, Screenwriting, Writing Coach Filed under: dramatic writing, play writing, screenwriting, TV writing, workshop series

Facing Down Impostor Syndrome

January 1, 2021 Laurie Leave a comment

Impostor Syndrome is the sneaking suspicion that you might be “a fraud.” Nagging doubts about your work, your value, your…

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Posted in: Inspiration, Writing Coach Filed under: Mary Morrissey, Psychology Today, Valerie Alexander, Valerie Young

COVID Summer Reading: Inspiration, Education, and Escapism

August 5, 2020 Laurie Leave a comment

In the Key of New York City: A Memoir in Essays by Rebecca McClananan (Now Write! Nonfiction contributor) Red Hen Press…

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Posted in: Fiction, Inspiration, Mysteries, Nonfiction, Science Fiction, Writing Coach Filed under: Christina Hemp, Christopher Moore, Henry Perez, J.A. Konrath, Lori Perkins, Rebecca McClananan, Venise Berry

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