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April T Giauque mother of 9 children is a published author, empowerment speaker, writing coach, and Ghostwriter. She empowers women to move from trauma to truth and darkness to light by helping them uncover the heart of their story and share it boldly through writing and speaking. She also helps the victims become victors through the key role that Supporters are in their lives. She speaks nationally helping Supporters to narrow their gap of fear that limits them from helping and empowers them to understand their role in helping victims to become victors!

So you’re in the middle of a creative masterpiece, and then it hits you… an inventive standstill, writer’s cramp, writer’s spasm, mental fog, or what most people call writer’s block.So now what? How do you get back in your grove?Writer's block is caused by anything from your own personal dilemmas, to the project itself, or even for no good reason at all!No matter what the cause, it is possible to clear the fog and press on.I would like to share with YOU all of my best tips and tricks for beating your writer's block

Ask yourself…

Why do you want to write??? What is your goal?

•Fun

•Publish

•Money

•Family

•Journaling

•Blogging

What causes writer’s block?

•Creative problems that originate within an author's work itself.

•Other blocks may be produced by adverse circumstances in a writer's life or career…

Physical illness

Depression

The end of a relationship

Financial pressures

Or a sense of failure

Also, life events

Procrastination

I recently did a Facebook live for a writing group and broke down all the things that are keeping us from achieving our writing goals.

In this episode, we are going to dive into the cause of writer’s block and some tips that can help you along the way.

Let’s dive in!

Today, we are going to dive into the mindset of writing and what is keeping you from getting started.

I choose this topic because I know so many of you want to learn how to get started writing but let me be honest…mindset is everything.

When I started out writing I knew nothing about what to do or how to get started. I used no writing prompts. I had an idea and I wrote the first paragraph and left it for 2 days. But it wasn’t until this voice came to me. I was like I couldn’t stop, and you know why I couldn’t… because I let the character voice tell me her story. · Sometimes we need to get ourselves out of the way which is our mind that creates all kinds of doubt and negativity.

Get rid of self-doubt (I can't, what-ifs, they mays, etc)

Know that everything you write will not become a novel. It is ok if it’s a blog post, short story, or a novella. It is ok if you don’t publish it. It’s ok if it’s a journal entry.

Get a piece of paper now and write down why are you staring at blank pages?

Let’s dive into today's topic!

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