by Sara Stibitz | May 10, 2019 | Writing Advice
When I’m walking my clients through the planning and execution of their book, one of the most important questions I ask them is this: What will it be like to hold your book in your hands for the first time? I want them to close their eyes and imagine for a...
by Sara Stibitz | Nov 6, 2018 | Writing Advice
You don’t have to work so hard. So often we get stuck on trying to solve a problem: we work it, think it through again and again, chew our nails over it. But over and over, I keep seeing that it’s really the gap between gathering knowledge and finding a solution that...
by Sara Stibitz | Jun 29, 2018 | Writing Advice
As someone who spends most of her time in her head and has to consciously make a decision to move, to be active, to stretch my body, embodied writing seems like an oxymoron at first glance. Embodied writing, however, is a practice that can help you connect more deeply...
by Sara Stibitz | Jun 27, 2018 | Confessions of a Writer, Writing Advice
A talented writer friend of mine keeps telling me, “For the love of god, please stop keeping your voice to yourself.” My immediate impulse is to wonder what it is she likes about it, and what the hell I’m supposed to write about that matters. I suppose inherent in...
by Sara Stibitz | May 18, 2018 | Confessions of a Writer, Writing Advice
There are days when I forget about the pain of losing my mother. That sounds kind of harsh, as if I’m saying “I forget about my mother,” which isn’t true. I think of her nearly every day, usually in the context of praying for her to watch over my daughter Lily, or...
by Sara Stibitz | Mar 9, 2018 | Writing Advice
When I was pregnant, I woke up to some pretty bizarre dreams – dreams of people walking in my room, dreams of wild sex, dreams of being a terrible parent. Three nights in a row I had dreams about my writing career. In the first, I was being urged to keep writing. In...
