Why Comfortably Uncomfortable? Comfortably Uncomfortable was born out of a lifelong desire to write and publish a book. Up until a year ago, I struggled focusing on a topic and wasn’t confident others would want to hear what I had to say. My husband’s continual...
My first college writing teacher made us free write for a set period (anywhere from three to ten minutes) at the start of every class session. I used this approach with my own writing students years later, except mine was a weekly assignment. As with me as a student,...
Punctuation Punctuation is a universal struggle for writers. Fiction. Nonfiction. Social media. Business. Academics. Across the board, professionals who write, students learning to write, and authors of books and academic papers all struggle with punctuation. Contrary...
In Writing Writers of all types struggle using transitions, overusing or not using enough of them. The goal? Using transitions so writing progresses naturally. Avoiding confusing scene changes and overwhelming with too much disconnected information. Logical...
Planning in the writing process (plan, write, revise, edit, proofread) and in life matters for growth that sticks. Lack of growth – feeling stuck – often comes from failure to plan. At some point, planning must stop, and writing must commence. If it doesn’t? Analysis...
Understanding Planning You’ve likely heard that “failing to plan is planning to fail.” This well-known saying presents an either/or scenario: either spend tine planning or head toward failure. I think it’s more nuanced than that. Yes, lack of planning is often a root...