The Everyday Writer’s Guide to Starting a Writing Practice

With so many pressures surrounding us in today's world, so many writers have stopped doing what they love to do most - write. And when you're a writer who isn't writing, it's easy to feel trapped, unfulfilled, and discontent. The Everyday Writer's Guide to Starting a Writing Practice helps solve this problem by offering a step-by-step guide to starting a sustainable writing practice. With illustrative examples from her journey and writing practice and engaging activities and instructions, author Kaecey McCormick provides you with a blueprint to uncovering your unique writing practice. By implementing the steps in The Everyday Writer's Guide to Starting a Writing Practice, you'll discover a renewed belief in yourself as a writer and have the tools to keep writing consistently.

Writing is challenging, but your writing practice doesn't need to be.

You don't need an MFA in writing or a list of publications to have a sustainable writing practice. Author and past poet laureate Kaecey McCormick helps you structure a routine that works for you. McCormick leads you step by step with weekly topics exploring different aspects of building a writing routine, daily checklists to help you get started writing, and ongoing inspiration for your creative practice.

Writing is challenging, but your writing practice doesn't need to be.

In this practical, hands-on guide, author Kaecey McCormick leads you week by week, day by day, through the process of building a sustainable writing practice.

• Find out where to begin your writing journey.
• Keep practicing with exercises and inspiration.
• Get through writing roadblocks.

This is everything you need to start writing today and keep writing tomorrow!

Visit kaeceymccormick.com for more information!

With so many pressures surrounding us in today's world, so many writers have stopped doing what they love to do most - write. And when you're a writer who isn't writing, it's easy to feel trapped, unfulfilled, and discontent. The Everyday Writer's Guide to Starting a Writing Practice helps solve this problem by offering a step-by-step guide to starting a sustainable writing practice. With illustrative examples from her journey and writing practice and engaging activities and instructions, author Kaecey McCormick provides you with a blueprint to uncovering your unique writing practice. By implementing the steps in The Everyday Writer's Guide to Starting a Writing Practice, you'll discover a renewed belief in yourself as a writer and have the tools to keep writing consistently.  

Writing is challenging, but your writing practice doesn't need to be. 

You don't need an MFA in writing or a list of publications to have a sustainable writing practice. Author and past poet laureate Kaecey McCormick helps you structure a routine that works for you. McCormick leads you step by step with weekly topics exploring different aspects of building a writing routine, daily checklists to help you get started writing, and ongoing inspiration for your creative practice.

Writing is challenging, but your writing practice doesn't need to be.

In this practical, hands-on guide, author Kaecey McCormick leads you week by week, day by day, through the process of building a sustainable writing practice.

• Find out where to begin your writing journey.
• Keep practicing with exercises and inspiration.
• Get through writing roadblocks.

This is everything you need to start writing today and keep writing tomorrow!

Visit kaeceymccormick.com for more information!

Contents

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . vii

Week 1: Journaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Week 2: Noticing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Week 3: Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Week 4: Exercising . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Week 5: Practicing . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Week 6: Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Week 7: The Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Week 8: Your Secrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Week 9: Lying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Week 10: Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Now What?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Appendices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

About the Author. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341