How-to get over your fear and write!

The webinar is about to beginWe’ll be writing during the webinar, so take this time to get paper and a pen or open a blank file if you prefer

typing on computer.

Get over your fear and finally write!

With Leigh Shulman and Jeannie Markof

You can reach us through the chat window any time during the webinar with any

technical questions, and we’ll have a Q&A at the end of the webinar, too.

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Face Your Fears and Write!

By the way,who are we?


Welcome to our webinar!

Today’s subject is working through fear and getting started with finally writing.

This will give you an idea about the workshops you can expect at our upcoming retreat in Costa Rica.

We’re pleased to welcome you! :)



What is the nature of a creative person?

● Anxious.● Second guessing themselves.● Rejection.● Inner critic.

The image of the writer in popular media: tortured, sullen, writing from a place of pain.



What are the thoughts you have when you want to write?

What holds you back?

Tell us in the chat box now. We’re listening. :D


Some common ones we hear frequently:

➢ Not being good enough.➢ Fear of failure.➢ Not being taken seriously.➢ Not wanting to hurt people.➢ Not wanting to be embarrassed.➢ Finding out I have no talent.


Be honest!

How can anyone write when they feel like that about writing??

Face Your Fears and Write!Face Your Fears and Write!

IT’S TIME TO CHANGE THE DIALOGUE!!!

Writing should come not come from pain or your demons.

It should come from pleasure. The pure joy of creating. Why?


Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?


From Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird:

My heroes in the history of art lived lives of desperation and self-destruction.

I realized that I could create the life I wanted and allow my creativity and work to be a natural, effortless expression of a wonderful life being lived.


From Robert Sturman, Photographer, on creativity

Forced into a challenge we're not prepared for, we often engage 'self-handicapping': deliberately doing things that set us up for failure.

Megan McArdle


Why Writers Are the Worst Procrastinators, from The Atlantic

How to get started though???

How do we move towardsa place of happy writing?


By changing the internal dialogue on how you view writing, it will become less painful and more joyous.

It will become easier to start… and continue!


We’re going to do an exerciseThe rules are simple:

1. You will write for 5 minutes.2. Don’t erase anything.3. Don’t stop writing!4. If you want to change what you’re saying, just go to the

next line and keep going with the next thought.


Five minutes of free writing happening now!

We’re waiting patiently and quietly for you.

Feel free to send a message via the chat box,if you have any questions.


What happened during the free write?

How did it feel?

Tell us in the chat box. :D


Now read back through it and highlight for yourself, the one or two things that jump out at you most.

Follow your interest. Follow your instinct!


Next step for after the webinar….

1. Do another free write based on it. One that’s more targeted to your ideas. Same rules on the free write.

Take your renewed or new writing practice further by...

2. Free writing every day for 5 to 10 minutes -- takes away pressure of concentrating on a piece and attaining that unconscious writing for the joy.


This is the short version of one of the workshops we’ll be giving in Costa Rica.

What will other workshops cover?

There we’ll have the time and space to really go through your free write and take you step by step from there to a finished piece.


Our next retreat is:❏ February 3 to 10, 2015. ❏ Costa Rica at the gorgeous Samasati Nature

Retreat.❏ Our website is: www.creative-revolution.com.❏ Email: [email protected]❏ Facebook: Creative Revolution Retreats


http://www.creative-revolution.com

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Our 7-day retreat is solely focused on emerging women writers.

How do yoga & meditation fit in?


What will you accomplish in Costa Rica?

❖ Find and trust yourself and your writing voice.❖ Cultivate techniques for a regular writing practice, even

after the retreat.❖ Feel more confident in your abilities as a writer, so that

you can take those next steps.❖ Concentrate on your well-being by treating yourself with

spa treatments, beach excursions, etc.


Our retreat includes:

❖ Yoga and meditation daily.❖ Three vegetarian meals a day, plus drinks.❖ Spa treatment and excursions.❖ Rooms in one of the Samasati’s wonderful cabins/bungalows.❖ Airport pick up/return shuttle.❖ Private Facebook group.❖ Resources for publishing, pitching, and other writing sources.

Just general awesomeness! To allow you to write.



A portion of the retreat cost will go towards sponsoring two Uganda sisters for a year’s worth of education. With Birds on the Blog and Let them Them Help Themselves. The girls are Perfect and Princess.


We’re also contributing to girls education!

To show our appreciation to you for joining us. A special offer only for webinar participants.

Available only to you for the next 48 hours:

http://creative-revolution.com/specialoffer


THIS SPECIAL OFFER INCLUDES:

An exclusive rate only for webinar participants10% off the full rate.

With the option of one payment or installments!

Plus a one-on-one to focus on you and your writingbefore the the retreat.

http://creative-revolution.com/specialofferAvailable for 48 hours.




Do you have any questions?

Ask in the chat box! We’re listening.

or go to

http://creative-revolution.com/specialofferto register now




Our next webinar topic:

Finishing!(Completing a piece of writing)

Stay tuned for dates and times.Contact us at [email protected] after the webinar for more information. :)



Thank you for listening and watching!

Contact us at [email protected] after the webinar for more information. :)


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