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Myth Buster: If I write, I’m a writer!

Myth Bluster: If I write, I’m a writer.!

We often tell ourselves, “I can’t write worth a hoot!” And sometimes others imply it by their lack of interest in our work or comments that sound and feel negative. We must believe in ourselves and our ability to improve over time. Here is what we need to be thinking instead to bust previous belief.

Myth Busters: If I write, I am a writer. If I don’t write well, I can learn to write better. Work makes wishes come true.  

It’s all a matter of perspective. We can tell ourselves a different story about our ability to write, and then start to make progress by practicing. So put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard. Start writing what is on your mind and in your heart.

I’ll be offering some writing prompts in the near future. I hope they will be useful to you.

Here is another myth buster to previous thinking:

Practice does not make perfect; practice makes possible. 

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Wiley-Jones, who's been fiercely committed for over thirty years to guiding travelers toward supercharged writing benefits to unlock transformative travel, will unpack journal-writing methods with which you can experiment. Wiley-Jones is an accomplished writer and award-winning travel writer with 1) a coming-of-age travel memoir, and 2) a travel adventure historical novel; as well as multiple publications in national anthologies and local lifestyle magazines. She can facilitate techniques for you to write stories for yourself, your family, and/or for publication.