The Necessary Discomfort of a Fiction Writer
If you are not stretching yourself as a writer, you are not growing.
Turning Writing Rejection into Triumph: Talking Middle-Grade Horror Novels with Wendy Parris
Imagine…you’re heartbeat away from getting a phone call from your dream agent only you don’t know it and right before that can happen you decide to hang it up, put your story ideas and writing dreams away.
Breaking Through Doubt and Embracing Your Unique Voice as an Author
How do you come back from the dead?
Recover from being told who you are and what you write is wrong?
From bending yourself around like a pretzel trying to fit someone else's writing mold only to figure out that it’s pointless because it sucked the joy and life out of what you stand for?
If you write dark, spicy romance in the wheelhouses of sci-fi or fantasy, or if you struggle to express your voice in writing, you don’t want to miss this conversation.
Announcing The Write It Scared Podcast - Why I’m Doing It Scared!
This podcast for fiction writers has been a dream of mine for a long time and I want to share with you the why behind it.
The Mission: Tell the truth about why writing a novel is so hard by acknowledging that most writers grapple with two stories: the one they want to put on the page to the best of their ability and the often subconscious internal story that prevents them from doing it.
How to Tone Down the Critic and Tune In To Your Inner Writer’s Wisdom
As writers, we often talk about the painful struggle of dealing with our inner critic and are constantly looking for ways to silence that internal writing bully. You know the voice I'm talking about. It’s that pushy one who always says some version of "not good enough."
How to Beat Procrastination and Write Your Novel
As a fiction book writing coach, one of my clients’ top struggles is how often they procrastinate when they “should” be writing. This article discusses several simple strategies to help your rethink and outsmart your procrastination problem so you can get back to writing.
How to Create Writing Habits that Stick: Applying Atomic Habits
We’re fifteen days into 2024, and I bet most of us are still feeling the freshness, motivation, and excitement of all the opportunities to come … but, sadly, experience teaches that motivation only lasts so long.
What really keeps us in the game is our habits.
Cultivating good writing habits in service of the changes we want to make and the people we want to become.
That’s the secret sauce. Here’s how to do it!
How to Handle Personal Experiences and Emotional Wounds in Your Writing
Today, we’re going to talk about an emotionally challenging topic that many writers face but is rarely discussed.
This topic has been on my heart in one way or another for the last month. What clinched my decision to talk about it here was when my client asked for guidance: “How do I write when the messy emotional parts of real life mimic what my characters are going through? When it feels too painful and raw, touch it?”
The Power of Rest: Why Writers Need a Break Before Revising Their Novels
Resting is a necessary part of revising novels. Here’s why and what you need to know to make the most of your revision process.
Welcome to Write It Scared
Welcome to Write It Scared Book Coaching. Introductions are in order. I'm Stacy Frazer: a formerly repressed creative soul turned novelist, certified book coach, and the creator of Write It Scared. I wanted to kick off the blog by sharing a bit about my story and my why.
Why Write It Scared
Why do I write it scared? Because I decided that taking a risk with my words was better than playing it safe.
I love the idea of writing it scared because the phrase completely captures the essence of my lived experience as a writer.