The light bulb goes off above your head, the clouds part and the angels sing, and you may or may not shout, “Eureka!”, followed by a loud rendition of The Hallelujah Chorus – you have an idea! Whether it’s for the title of your next book or the topic of your next blog post, it comes along with a strong feeling of joy, excitement, enthusiasm, and… total terror. How can you make what’s in your head come out on the page? Oh sure, the idea is the easy part – it’s the blank page, or being confident that you’ll get to that last sentence, that keeps your knees knocking and your fingers away from the keyboard.

The good news? Well, there’s so much of it, I gotta list it bulletpoint-style:

1. It ain’t just you. Have you met a writer – or any sort of creative type, for that matter – who doesn’t experience a big fat block at some point in the process? Show me someone who claims it’s smooth sailing from start to finish and I’ll show you a big fat liar.
2. It’s time to banish Procrastination, Perfectionism and Resistance for good and learn how you can set, start, and finish your writing projects this year sans resolutions, fairy godmothers, and other things that don’t exist.
3. I’m co-hosting a virtual workshop with Write By Night for writers of all genres and experience levels who are at any point in the creative process. Whether you haven’t written a word or you’ve written a dozen novels, all you need is the motivation to discover how you work best so you can be more productive and successful. Yup – it’s really that easy.

 

What’s included in this Resolution-Busting Workshop, you ask? I don’t wanna give it all away, but here are the highlights (and more bulletpoints):

• How to Start. I’ll reveal The Secret of my Success (hint: it’s tiny!) and show you how to apply it to setting your writing goals. We’ll also talk about that pesky time management piece that eludes us as creative types, and how to experiment to figure out how you can make it work for ya instead of against ya.
• How to Keep Going. How can you make this a painless process? How do you know it’s really time to abandon a piece, instead of working through the challenge it’s presenting? How can you make sure you finish without your head exploding? And is bribery just for gangsters and children? I’ll help you answer all of these questions and keep you putting one foot in front of the other.
• How to Finish. Whether it’s that evil Perfectionist rearing his ugly head, or It’s-Time-to-Show-My-Baby-to-the-World Paralysis, I’ll address what to do when you’re thisclose to writing The End but can’t bring yourself to do it.
• 5 MP3s with each section (“If You’re Having Trouble Starting”, “If You’re Having Trouble Mid-Project”, etc) as it’s own track so you can get to the part you need the most straightaways. You can play it right from your computer or download it to have forever/bring on the road – whatever works best for you!
• Because I’m a life coach, I don’t believe in one-size-fits-all answers, so I’ll be guiding you to discover how you can overcome your writers block – regardless of where it shows up in your process. So, everything that’s covered in the workshop will be given to ya in the form of a 50+ page e-book chock full o’ worksheets, questions, and articles to continue your discoveries and refer back to forever and ever.

And ya probably wanna know a bit about who’s co-running this shindig with me, right? It’s Justine Tal Goldberg, owner of WriteByNight and an award-winning writer and editor of both fiction and nonfiction. Her short stories have appeared in Anomalous Press, Whiskey Island, Fringe Magazine, and other publications. Her journalistic work has appeared in Publishing Perspectives, Austin Monthly, and the Texas Observer, among others. She holds an M.F.A. in creative writing, and has provided writing instruction at Vassar College and Emerson College. She and WriteByNight are dedicated to helping writers of all experience levels achieve their creative potential and literary goals.

I don’t know about you, but I’m bulletpointed out! This must mean it’s time to put the Sign Up button below so you can get all this goodness for just $27. Yup! There it is, right down there. Click on it and Runover Your Writing Roadblocks for good!