Archive - Why Aren't I Writing?

When is lots of imagination too much imagination?

If you keep your eyes on the prize you risk tripping over your own feet.

Sep 4 •

Suw Charman-Anderson

August 2024

ICYMI: Adulting, procrastination and freeing up space for creativity

It's hard to write if you're constantly worrying about stressful chores

Aug 21 •

Suw Charman-Anderson

Do you ever get ‘the typies’?

Gymnasts get the twisties. Golfers get the yips. Can writers get the typies?

Aug 7 •

Suw Charman-Anderson

July 2024

How do you deal with feedback that feels wrong?

How to take what you need and leave the rest.

Jul 24 •

Suw Charman-Anderson

Why genre hopping is good for you as a writer

Variety makes you a better writer, even though agents and publishers want you to specialise.

Jul 10 •

Suw Charman-Anderson

June 2024

How failure creates the foundations for success

Even if we don't necessarily realise that at the time.

Jun 26 •

Suw Charman-Anderson

Writer’s block is not a myth

It might be a messy, complicated thing with a variety of causes and potential solutions, but it absolutely does exist.

Jun 12 •

Suw Charman-Anderson

May 2024

Reincorporation: The art of looking back when you can’t move forward

How Shaun of the Dead, Ted Lasso and Cabin Pressure use callbacks and repetition to create gags, move the plot forward and develop characters.

May 29 •

Suw Charman-Anderson

The four causes of writer’s block and what to do about them

What does science have to tell us about writer's block?

May 15 •

Suw Charman-Anderson

Grist: Creating characters with personality

Using personality analysis to create well-crafted characters.

May 2 •

Suw Charman-Anderson

Resisting the lure of research

And learning how to transition from research to pre-writing to writing.

May 1 •

Suw Charman-Anderson

April 2024

What to do when your mind is blank

This week’s newsletter brought to you by the letter S, for stubbornness.

Apr 17 •

Suw Charman-Anderson

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