Coach Marla Beck

How to Craft a Wide-Awake Writing Career

relaxed-writer

  Let’s take a moment to consider the varied resources you use to fuel your writing career: In any given week, you invest your… time money creative energy focused attention to get your writing done. Know why I love this list?  Because all to often, it’s easy to think about what didn’t happen with your writing. “I […]

Read the full article →

3 Reasons You Can’t Coach Yourself

Clipboard and Whistle

  I’ve been coaching professional writers since 2007.  That’s given me a lot of time to see the inventive ways we as writers get in the own way of our own brilliance. Here are a few of the most common reasons you simply can’t coach yourself to be your very best: Reason #1 – You’re busy. Effective […]

Read the full article →

2 Ways to Write What You Love (When You Get Paid to Write for Others)

heart book

If you write for a living, you probably already know how challenging it can be to stay balanced, creative and happy. It’s all too easy to lose your passion, your clarity and your writing dreams in the day-to-day life of a freelancer. Who’s got the time, when you’re busy managing multiple projects, meeting deadlines and […]

Read the full article →

4 Tips to Harness Your Writing Energy

happywriter

Your energy is one of your most precious assets. When you take excellent care of yourself, you show up to write feeling creative, intellectually engaged, emotionally stable and physically energized.  With this foundation of “alive” energy, the sky’s the limit in your writing business:  you’re free to dream up new story ideas, discover new income […]

Read the full article →

2 Turning Points for Mid-Career Freelancers (Case Study)

If you’re a successful mid-career freelancer, I know something about you already: You’re smart.  You’re savvy.   And if you’re in my community, I’ll bet your writing career is going pretty well, too. But if you think you could be happier — better paid, more fulfilled or more engaged with your writing assignments — I’d like […]

Read the full article →

A Manifesto for Writers

free MP3 for writers

This week I coached a full roster of private & group clients. As they shared their challenges and wins, I realized something: I’m in the business of freedom. So I wrote a manifesto.  (And it’s not for everyone!) Is it for you?  Check it out: A Manifesto for Writers Who Choose to Thrive by Marla […]

Read the full article →

The Intentional Morning: 3 Simple Habits to Energize Your Day

  Not long ago I realized just how off-track my mornings had become. I was checking my email upon waking and sampling blog stats before breakfast. Under the guise of “keeping up with business” I was cramming my mornings with “busyness.” No surprise that my days began to lack energy and inspiration! Use these three simple suggestions to fine-tune your […]

Read the full article →

The Most Overlooked Writing Fear (and How to Overcome It)

Once I met a writing coach, a corporate project manager and a retired executive coach all in the same week. Each of these folks was paid to efficiently, effectively solve other people’s problems. But deep into our conversations about their writing goals and projects, one by one these savvy professionals confided in me the same, […]

Read the full article →

How to Fail with Your Writing

  Sometimes it so easy to fail with writing that we aren’t even aware how we’re doing it. Voila!  Here’s a handy guide for you. Tip #1.  Don’t try. Simple, right?  Your manuscript can’t fail if it’s not even written. The fastest way to fail at writing is to decide beforehand that “it’s not worth it…I’ll suck” or “the […]

Read the full article →

The Forgiveness Factor

climbing out-c. Marla Beck 2013

Let’s say you’re a “lapsed” writer.  Someone who: – Once wrote regularly, productively and happily. – Took your craft seriously enough to invest in it. – Wrote enough to accumulate some pages or even draft a book. Perhaps it’s been years since you showed up to the writing desk.  Maybe family responsibilities, professional success or […]

Read the full article →

On Rockin’ the House with Your Writing

  [You might want to read “six long years”  for some backstory…] When I looked up from my guitar last night, at one point I knew we were rocking the house.  Why? Because wide-eyed pre-teen and a frail grandmother sat smiling at separate tables, bobbing their heads in time to the music. Felt great. But […]

Read the full article →

It’s been six long years

The poet, Anne Sexton, once said: “When I am writing, I am doing the thing I am most meant to do.” Can you relate? I can. For me, it’s music and coaching. While I get to coach writers every day, but it’s been six full years since I’ve stepped onto a real stage to sing […]

Read the full article →

How to Stop the Spin Cycle

Got an unfinished novel in the drawer?  An important creative project you’d love to bring into being? If you’re finding it tough to work on your own creative projects in the midst of life, work or freelancing, you are not alone.  Many of my coaching clients come to me with exactly the same struggle. There […]

Read the full article →

Make More Time Write – A Tip to Get You Started

The choices you make in “everyday life” have everything to do with your ability to get your most important writing projects done. See today’s 3-minute video tip for a simple (and fun) way to start making more time to write.

Read the full article →

Stop Playing Small in Your Writing Career: Here’s How.

Have you been too scared to do something you know you need to do to move your writing career forward?  Finish a draft?  Ask for business?  Upgrade your website?  Send out your pitch or essay or manuscript? Every writer feels scared and stuck sometimes. If you’re struggling with this right now, today’s 3-minute video is […]

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...
Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →