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For a long time, my Etsy shop has been sitting around doing not much of anything. Recently, I've decided to use my Etsy shop to stretch my multipotentialite muscles. Not only would it be fun, but I could also learn something about my creative process across different disciplines.My 30 Day... [Read More]

Having the desire to write but feeling like you don't have the time is a motivation killer. That project you want to finish weighs on your mind. The longer it sits there, the more you feel like getting around to it is impossible. I've finished projects even when facing time and... [Read More]

For a long time, I refused to read books about the craft of writing. I used to think, "Why should I read about writing when I could be writing?" For a long time, I felt reading fiction and comics was the best way to learn how to write. How-to-Write books... [Read More]

When I started writing this post, the first question I had was, "Is this a guide?" In some ways it is. But in many ways, it's not.INFP writers need something better than a guide. They need permission. Um, let me rephrase that: We need permission. We need permission to be... [Read More]

For me writing a story rarely sticks to the plan. Settings, plots, and characters that I believe are the perfect fit can be out of style a few chapters in. However, instead of getting frustrated by this, I look forward to it, because I know this is another way that... [Read More]

Sometimes while working on a fiction project, you can hit a point where you lose sight of your story. You can miss that excitement you had when you first started it, or something about the story doesn't feel right anymore.As an INFP, ideas often come to me non-chronologically, and that... [Read More]