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Fall is a season of renewal, back to school and WRITING COMMUNITY! This week Nicole discusses why she thinks of Fall as the writing community season and how she's going to show up for it!
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Places to connect to the STOP WRITING ALONE community and introduce yourself:
When you find a group of people who lift you up on a daily basis, it is important to share their awesome. Here are links to the women in Nicole's Mastermind group (currently going by the name The Voxer Vixens!). Please support these women who do so much to support Nicole on a daily basis!
In response to the news that the NaNoWriMo organization has announced that it will not be endorsing live events this upcoming year, this week Nicole discusses her techniques for hosting online writing events.
To be the first to get information about this Fall's session of the Happy Campers Club, https://mailchi.mp/23551fc19e84/fall-2021-happy-campers-club-interest
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Places to connect to the STOP WRITING ALONE community and introduce yourself:
When you find a group of people who lift you up on a daily basis, it is important to share their awesome. Here are links to the women in Nicole's Mastermind group (currently going by the name The Voxer Vixens!). Please support these women who do so much to support Nicole on a daily basis!
In honor of Tamara Woods hosting an AUTHOR PLATFORM WRITER WORKSHOP on her YouTube channel this Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 1PM EST, this week Nicole is flashing back to her interview with the indie author and community leader. Here is the show description:
Tamara Woods is a poet, fiction writer, leader of the #WriteStuff Twitter Chat and Facebook community for writers. She also has a vlog on YouTube devoted to all things writing. Nicole Rivera, host of Stop Writing Alone, talks to Tamara about her writing craft as well as all the ways she's found community, created community and continues to connect with writers both near her home in Hawaii, and around the world.
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Places to connect to the STOP WRITING ALONE community and introduce yourself:
When you find a group of people who lift you up on a daily basis, it is important to share their awesome. Here are links to the women in Nicole's Mastermind group (currently going by the name The Voxer Vixens!). Please support these women who do so much to support Nicole on a daily basis!
Not all Olympians make a living through their athleticism. No one questions why they spend time at it. This week Nicole shares excerpts from Nicki Porter's Letter From the Editor in September 2021 issue of THE WRITER magazine that examines writing through the lens of athleticism.
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Places to connect to the STOP WRITING ALONE community and introduce yourself:
When you find a group of people who lift you up on a daily basis, it is important to share their awesome. Here are links to the women in Nicole's Mastermind group (currently going by the name The Voxer Vixens!). Please support these women who do so much to support Nicole on a daily basis!
Nicole attempts to run through her notes from two different writing events held this past weekend: The WRITER'S DIGEST ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021, and DANIEL DAVID WALLACE'S FIND YOUR READERS SUMMIT. She gives each panel two minutes, but asks listeners to reach ut and let her know which panel(s) they want to hear more about.
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Places to connect to the STOP WRITING ALONE community and introduce yourself:
When you find a group of people who lift you up on a daily basis, it is important to share their awesome. Here are links to the women in Nicole's Mastermind group (currently going by the name The Voxer Vixens!). Please support these women who do so much to support Nicole on a daily basis!
Are you wondering why you keep doing this? Nicole got a win this week and she wants to remind everyone why you need to keep going if you didn't.
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Places to connect to the STOP WRITING ALONE community and introduce yourself:
When you find a group of people who lift you up on a daily basis, it is important to share their awesome. Here are links to the women in Nicole's Mastermind group (currently going by the name The Voxer Vixens!). Please support these women who do so much to support Nicole on a daily basis!
DUE TO NICOLE BEING QUITE SICK THIS WEEK, THIS WEEK"S EPISODE IS A REPLAY OF EPISODE 2 OF THE STOP WRITING ALONE PODCAST: THE MORNING PAGES. HERE'S WHAT NICOLE WRITE THE FIRST GO AROUND FPR THIS EPISODE:
One great benefit of finding writing community is sharing best practices. Each month Nicole will be sharing a Writer's Tool on the Stop Writing Alone podcast. This month's tool comes from Julia Cameron's THE ARTIST'S WAY. The morning pages are not a new concept, but Nicole talks through what they are, how they help, and challenges listeners to commit to one month of this practice that has helped countless artists find their creative path.
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Wanna buy NIcole a tea while she's sick?
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It's summer reading time. This episode discusses the books on Nicole's summer reading list to expand her own knowledge about the craft of writing. All books mentioned in this episode can be found on this Stop Writing Alone Bookshop list: https://bookshop.org/lists/2021-summer-reading-323d643d-d561-46e4-8db7-4d95a64b9c47
To call in with your BOOK LOVE story call 646-907-9607
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When you find a group of people who lift you up on a daily basis, it is important to share their awesome. Here are links to the women in Nicole's Mastermind group (currently going by the name The Voxer Vixens!). Please support these women who do so much to support Nicole on a daily basis!
This week Nicole discusses the issue of facing down the guilt that occasionally arises when taking time to work on our personal projects, and how to tackle the "shoulds" that lead to them.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Places to connect to the STOP WRITING ALONE community and introduce yourself:
When you find a group of people who lift you up on a daily basis, it is important to share their awesome. Here are links to the women in Nicole's Mastermind group (currently going by the name The Voxer Vixens!). Please support these women who do so much to support Nicole on a daily basis!
Writing prompts can be used to plow through writer's block, or simply to play with words, either way they can be incredibly valuable to our creative self-care. This week Nicole shares reusable writing prompts that she uses to keep her creative energies up. To get your own copy of the pdf that inspired this episode, sign up here: https://mailchi.mp/0e082fd88a6d/stopwritingalone-reusable-writing-prompts
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Mentioned in this episode:
Places to connect to the STOP WRITING ALONE community and introduce yourself:
When you find a group of people who lift you up on a daily basis, it is important to share their awesome. Here are links to the women in Nicole's Mastermind group (currently going by the name The Voxer Vixens!). Please support these women who do so much to support Nicole on a daily basis!
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