Beginning A Story: What Stops Us Starting?
Escape the procrastination trap and write your butt off.
On Dealing With Rejection
Why are we always trying to avoid how rejection feels?
Perfectionism and the Myth of the Tortured Writer
Reset your expectations, shift your preconceptions, and find a writing routine that actually works for you.
How to Silence your Inner Critic
Shush that noise (in your head) and learn to live with – and ignore – your inner critic.
Writing Lessons From Groundhog Day
Well hey there. Who’s ready for some tough talk about how setting yourself up for failure can be one of the most helpful approaches to writing? Yes! Failure! One of the most useful experiences an artist can ever have. We talk about fear of failure a lot at WHQ, and why you have to feel the […]
Break Through the (Writing) Blockage
Frustrated af with your writing? Stuck? Hit a wall? Feeling totally meh about the whole thing? Looking for a way out of the world of sticky writing blockages? (ew) Ok, how’s about an internet-attention-span-friendly listicle? Something quick ‘n’ dirty to help you get moving again? A LITERARY LAXATIVE, if you will? (ew) Alright, alright, before we […]
Troubleshoot Your Writing: Why Are You Stuck?
Fear not the stickage. Everyone hits a sticking point in their writing at some point. Hitting a sticking point does not = failure. Going through a writing drought does not mean you should give up. Realising your writing is riddled with problems does not mean it’s not redeemable. But before you can move past all […]
Fear and Failure: A Guide to Giving No F*cks
In our Fear & Failure series, we’re going to bombard you with a whole shit-tonne of blogs on the terror of failure and rejection, and how to pull your little cotton socks back up and carry the fuck on. So take a seat. We’ve got important matters to discuss. First, we want to talk to […]
Why We Find Writing So Scary (And Why That’s A Good Thing)
Get yourself a cup of tea and let’s have a lil’ chat about the overwhelming terror of writing (and how to get over it…)
The Different Types of Writing Rejection (and how to deal with ’em)
Not all rejections are equal. Some knock you flat. Some linger like a festering wound. Some you can brush off with a ‘meh’. And some are almost as exciting as an acceptance – that feeling of ‘almost there’ that gives you hope and encouragement and help to make you a better writer. Look, we knowww rejection […]