I’m sure there are some of you out there who thought it would never happen. Heck, I didn’t know if it would happen. But here it is! The cover of my new book! Not everything in life is “business as usual.” This is definitely not a good time for Hannah Frederickson to be having […]
Fear, And Moving Forward
“Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.” ― Steven Pressfield The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles A story of my last 6 months. The fear is always there, bubbling right under the surface, […]
Insights and Realizations
I hope you liked “The Story of a First Draft” (assuming you did read it) and didn’t find it to be too boring. I enjoyed writing it – even though I’d originally intended it to be one blog post and it ended up being three. Oh well. What I found most interesting about working through my writing process was […]
The Story Of A First Draft (Part Three)
Previously on Betsy’s Blog… In Part One of The Story of a First Draft, the Muse gave Betsy the beginning situation of her story and showed her a spotlight shining on the ending off in the distance in the darkness of Betsy’s brain. Together, the Muse and Betsy came up with a vision of the path […]
The Story Of A First Draft (Part Two)
If you joined us for Part One of The Story of a First Draft, you know that the Muse came to Betsy in the darkness of her mind. Well, Betsy’s mind is generally dark (and somewhat blank), but in this case the darkness represented the story she is about to write before the writing began. […]
The Story Of A First Draft (Part One)
As noted in the previous blog post, Betsy and the Muse have been taking a good hard look at how Betsy writes. They figured that if they could see what Betsy is actually doing in her writing process, they might be able to improve it and speed things up at little bit. After all, Betsy needs to […]