Happy Writing

Beat Your Blocks, Be Published and Find Your Flow

By: Jenny Alexander

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Paperback | 6 September 2017 | Edition Number 2

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194 Pages

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20.32 x 12.7 x 1.14

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Every writer feels stuck sometimes, but you don’t have to be beaten by writer’s block. This guide from seasoned author and writing teacher, Jenny Alexander, with contributions from many other writers, offers insights and practical strategies to help you

spot self-sabotaging thoughts and build your writing confidence
create writing goals that feel meaningful and exciting
understand all the stages of the creative process
deal with technical problems such as plotting and pacing
decide on your best route to publication

It will help you if you’re stuck, but even if you aren’t stuck, read it anyway, because knowing how to deal with problems should they arise is the best way of making sure they don’t.

“A lifeline to anyone who is stuck in their writing or suffering from any kind of block. Jenny Alexander speaks to all writers, whether they are just starting or have been writing for years.” - Celia Rees, award-winning author

This book was previously published as When a Writer Isn't Writing: How to Beat Your Blocks, Be Published and Find Your Flow

Industry Reviews

I love this book! Beautifully written, it’s full of practical, down to earth advice, as well as more thought-provoking passages, and things I’d never thought of, or didn’t know, before. ~ Abi Burlingham, author and artist

An invaluable addition to your writer’s bookshelf. I have recommended it to several authors and will be rereading it myself as I need to. ~ Cressida Dowling, The Book Analyst

Inspiring, enabling, but not at all wishy washy – it rightly emphasizes the necessity of working at this craft. ~ Gill Payne, aspiring writer

Most writing manuals are aimed at people seeking publication for the first time, whereas Alexander has much to say about mid- or late-career crises in which a writer can feel stale, even trapped by success, and in need of a fresh approach. ~ Linda Newbery, Costa Book Prize

Jenny writes in such an easy, friendly and re-assuring style that it’s tempting, if you are a galumphing reader like me, to speed through the pages. I’d advise reading this book with a pencil in hand, underlining sentences that resonate, and suggestions that require deeper pondering... ~ Penny Dolan, children’s author

A philosophy which will make you feel even better about your writing life. ~ Alex Gutteridge, children’s author

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