Fire Up Your Writing Practice

When I became more conscious and nurturing of my own creative center, I wanted to take my writing journey more seriously.
I could no longer ignore the shame I felt for downplaying my creative impulses, for quitting on my writer self. I decided to make a dedicated pivot in my life.
I developed a creative system where I explored my natural writing forces to help shine a light on my strengths, habits, personality traits, and values that boosted my inclination and determination to write—no matter what life threw at me.
Now I teach these same principles and strategies to writers just like you, who are looking to fire up their writing practices so they can move forward on their writing journey and reach their personal finish lines.
My coaching technique takes each writer's individual habits, values, strengths, and desires into account to help them find the practice that works best for them.
My personalized creative approach gets to the heart of what makes a writer a writer—and how we can use that information to commit to our journeys, regardless of experience or skill.
The lessons in this course will guide you from the place where you are starting and lead you to where you want to go. No two writers are alike, likewise, no two journeys are alike. You will learn how you can make the most of your natural writing forces so that you can develop your own best practices that will sustain you from day to day.
This course is filled with information to keep you grounded, yet inspired, as you cultivate a system that feels good to you.
This is a process of shedding the limiting beliefs and fears so that you can get to writing and move forward on your journey.

This course will help you:

Find and develop story ideas so you aren’t worrying about “what do I write next?”
Network with like-minded individuals so you can build a support system.
Be more productive so you can make progress and be accountable for your writing.
Hone your skills so you can become a better and happier writer.
Write with confidence, joy, and a little bit of ferocity so you can believe you’re a writer.
Enhance your writing practice with deep-dive exercises.
Plan and prepare to manage your schedule so you can “make” time to write.

I developed this course specifically with writers in mind who want to start an authentic, motivation-based, heart-centered writing journey. Even if you’ve already begun, FIRE UP YOUR writing practice can act as a refresher course or a helping hand when things start feeling a bit dizzying and unwieldy.

Breakdown of lessons.

Lesson #1 – Curiosity Makes A Writer

Understand the mythic pools of curiosity and learn why it is a vital tool to pack for your journey, and how to use it to effectively start or recharge your writing practice.
Create a writer’s portfolio to log your ideas so that you can later develop them into stories that you can’t resist working on.

Lesson #2 - What Is Your Destination and why?

Learn the “secret” to starting your writing journey and why it will help you stay committed to your goals no matter what obstacles you come up against.
You will learn why planning a course of action from a starting point to a goal will keep you calm, committed, and focused as you develop new strategies.

Lesson #3 – Develop Your Writing Practices

Learn about my signature coaching system based on natural writing forces and how you can apply my strategies to support you on your journey.
Build strategies for goal-setting, time management, and productivity by applying your natural writing forces to your daily routine so that you are less likely to suffer from burn-out, overwhelm, or shiny object syndrome.

Lesson #4 – Making space and time for your writing

We discuss the number-one tactic to managing your time so that you stay committed to your journey.
Conquer your struggles over “not finding time” so that writing is a normal part of your routine.

Lesson #5 – Why This Story

Experiment with a few general strategies regarding project selection and discover how to tell if you’re working on the right one for the moment.
Learn why you might be lacking interest in your project and how to overcome that obstacle and others like it.

Lesson #6 – How To Fight Fear

Learn the power of fear and practical action steps to fight fear.
Build your fear-fighting skills with these ideas.

Lesson #7 – What Will I Do Today?

We talk about why it’s important to plan out your choices and paths so that when you hit an obstacle, you have a detour in mind.
Learn why a positive creativity mindset is at the foundation of a successful writing journey and how you can strengthen your mindset every single day.

Bonus Lesson- Shift From a Limiting Belief system to an empowering belief system

Take back your power over inner and external forces that disrupt your writing practice through an understanding that our thoughts create our beliefs which create the world we see. Learn how to choose an empowering belief system to help you create the world you would want to live in.

What will you learn in this course?

Tap into your writer self in order to foster a strong and healthy writing practice so that you can work peacefully and in tune with how you work best (your natural writing forces).
Motivate yourself through writer’s block, rejection dejection, and a low-vibe creativity mindset to help you spark your creativity so that you love what you write and write what you love, and believe that you are a writer.
Hook into your purpose, so that you can tap into that high-vibe creative energy anytime you are feeling a lack of confidence or joy.
Manage your triggers, moods, strengths, weaknesses, and habits so that you can put the ones that foster your creativity to use—and discover which forces hinder your writing productivity levels so that you can learn how to silence or banish them to help you stay focused and disciplined on your writing journey.
Make time to write so that you discover your most effective methods for fitting your writing into a hectic, unpredictable schedule without feeling overwhelmed or pressured.
Discover the story that inspires you now through a clear understanding of your natural writing forces so that you can stay focused and disciplined throughout the entire story-crafting process and complete your projects.
Tackle fear, limiting beliefs, and a low-vibe creativity mindset through guided visualization and journaling so that you can rise up, see your worth, and write with confidence, joy, and rumbling creativity.
Learning the fundamentals of a writing journey is empowering. I want to help you harness that power by offering advice, tools, and ideas that you can mix and match and modify to implement practices that will work best for you and your writing journey.

Note: This course is open-ended so you may complete it at your own pace, review it, and repeat it at any time. Please use my suggestions in this course as a starting point, to inspire you, but modify and personalize them to fit your specific needs and goals.

Overview and structure

The lessons and follow-up assignments can be studied sequentially or not, depending on how you process information best. They are self-paced, which means you can take as little or as much time exploring the observations and notes, journaling your responses, and following through on the action steps.
8 lessons – a study of a particular focal point all writers need to consider as part of the journey; these lessons are designed so that you can modify and apply them in the most effective way for you.
writing prompt/Writing activity — prompts, journals and activities to enhance the theme of the lessons; these action steps will help you make concrete decisions for your project(s) so that you can make progress and stay accountable on your journey.
Videos and downloadable material - mini journals, videos, meditations, and other documents are supplied to support you as you begin to tap into your writer self and learn the most effective strategies for your writing practice.
Facebook group - join my free Facebook group for added support and accountability.
Bonus offer upon completion of the course - your journey doesn’t stop at the end of this course, and neither does my coaching support. Be sure to complete the lessons to be eligible for a bonus offer.
Discussion — each lesson includes a discussion area where you can share your thoughts and reactions to the daily writing and activities, as well as excerpts of your writing. Sharing is always optional.

Author

Kate Johnston

Writing Coach and Editor

I am a writing coach and book editor with over fifteen years experience. I offer a wide variety of options to fit both aspiring and developing writers who are eager to craft engaging stories and build their skills so they can successfully write with confidence, joy, and rumbling creativity. My areas of expertise include private coaching for...