Category Archives: creativity


Freelance Writing Lessons From Walt Disney

Posted on January 23, 2012 by angela.booth

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them” — Walt Disney. Here we are at the start of another writing week. Let’s make it a wonderful one, with some help from Walt Disney. I … Continue reading →

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Writing Tips: Write More, Earn More

Posted on March 29, 2011 by angela.booth

If you’re writing for money, you need strategies which help you to write, easily and confidently. I’ve shared my own writing process with you; it took me many years before I became a confident and prolific writer. To help you … Continue reading →

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Want to Become a Better Writer? Learn the Power of Acceptance

Posted on March 20, 2011 by angela.booth

If you want to become a better writer, it’s essential that you learn the power of acceptance. Here’s an amusing story about a writer who couldn’t write, until he learned acceptance: Following Michels’s instructions, every day he set it [an … Continue reading →

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Freelance Writing: Intuition Equals Creativity

Posted on January 28, 2011 by angela.booth

Writers write by following their intuition… and yet, whenever I suggest to my writing students that they should trust their intuition, it comes as a surprise to them that it’s OK to do that. Why discount your intuition? It’s your … Continue reading →

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Relax and Be Yourself: Writing’s Easy When You Do That

Posted on November 25, 2010 by angela.booth

The biggest challenge for new writers is the “writing” syndrome. If you’ve got this syndrome, you feel like the black cat in our image above. Writing seems dangerous. You’re clinging on with everything you have, scared witless that you’ll fall … Continue reading →

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