I like honesty. I like realness. I like truth. I’m drawn to it, I savor it, and I generally don’t have time for anything else. And yet sometimes, when the world boils down around me and it’s just me alone with my thoughts, I find myself neck-deep in… let’s call…

I’ve been exhausted and burned out to the point of tears lately, and have had several friends gently suggest that it’s time to not only start taking weekends off, but to possibly schedule off an ENTIRE WEEK. 🤯🤯🤯 I KNOW. 🤯🤯🤯 I pride myself on being self-employed, and I often…

*NOTE: This episode originally appeared on www.sarahwerner.com on November 18, 2020. Have you ever been in the middle of writing a chapter for your book, or working your way through another round of revisions when you find yourself struggling to get through it? If the answer is yes, you may…

For one writer, success means having fun writing with a good cup of coffee on Saturday mornings. For another, it means selling 10,000 copies of their debut novel. For yet another, it means inking a movie or TV deal. …

*NOTE: This episode originally appeared on www.sarahwerner.com on November 11, 2020. As writers, we tend to form this view of how we “should” be, how we should walk, talk, act, and write. We “should” write as if we know what we are doing. We “should” be an authority on our…

If you’re anything like me, you have a lot of inboxes. You know, those places — physical or digital — where things you need to deal with are deposited. And collect. And grow. You probably have a work or school inbox — projects to wrangle or tasks to complete, phone…

*NOTE: This episode originally appeared on www.sarahwerner.com on November 4, 2020. What do you struggle with most as a writer? Focusing? Spelling? Feeling like you’re good or smart or dedicated enough? We all struggle with something — it’s part of the creative process. But while those struggles will get in…

Previously, we talked about how the act of writing for ourselves isn’t selfish. This week, I really want to ask you, just to make sure — is what you’re creating really for you? Some of us (myself included, at one point in time) are only writing or creating because we…

*NOTE: This episode originally appeared on www.sarahwerner.com on October 28, 2020. When we’re creating something for the first time, we tend to enter into this unknown world, where it’s easy to accept our permission to suck, to be terrible, and even to fail. But what happens when you create something…