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On Being a Finisher

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By Kent Sanders

It’s scary to start a writing project. But you know what’s even scarier? Finishing it. To finish means to publish and to put your work ...

You Are Your Only Competition

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By Kent Sanders

If you ever run a race, you’ll notice there are two kinds of runners: those who are competing against everyone else, and those who are ...

One Small Stride at a Time

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By Kent Sanders

For most people, running a marathon is a pretty big deal. The distance of 26.2 miles is a long way for one person to run ...

Don’t Let Worry Steal Your Emotional Energy

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By Kent Sanders

If there’s one thing that is true about writing, it’s that it requires a lot of emotional energy. Even professional writers confess to only being ...

Your One True Message

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By Kent Sanders

Here is one of the most interesting paradoxes of successful writers: the more books someone writes, the more obvious their one true message is. “What ...

Three Ways to Write About Your Pain

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By Kent Sanders

If you had to pin down one universal emotion that all humans experience, it’s pain. To be human means to suffer. We suffer on a ...

Bloom Where You’re Planted

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By Kent Sanders

What causes some writers to be successful and not others? Is it talent? Opportunity? Or just plain old luck? That’s what many people believe. When ...

So Good They Can’t Ignore You

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By Kent Sanders

One of the hardest things for any of us writers to swallow is being ignored. We work for months—or in some cases years—on a book. ...