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You Don’t Have to Point Your Butt at the Moon: Why Personalized Book Coaching Works When Formulas Don’t
You Don’t Have to Point Your Butt at the Moon: Why Personalized Book Coaching Works When Formulas Don’t Everyone is a unique and special snowflake...
Reclaiming My Creative Self by Writing from the Top of My Head
September 2025, I participated in a program that changed me. Not in the, I now have a hand growing out of my back way or anything like that (not...
Creativity is Hard When Things Suck
This was a newsletter I sent out on January 15th. If you'd like to receive my newsletter you can either take my quiz or sign up directly. Just...
When the Plan Stops Working, Follow the Story
When the Plan Stops Working, Follow the Story I have always been a little envious of plotters. Seeing the control they have of their stories, the...
How to Finally Feel Like a Real Writer (Without Writing 2,000 Words a Day)
How to Finally Feel Like a Real Writer (Without Writing 2,000 Words a Day) What if becoming a Real Writer wasn’t about writing every day, cranking...
You Don’t Like Plotting, and That’s Okay
You Don’t Like Plotting, and That’s Okay You can keep the messy magic and still write a story that works. You love writing with the wind in your...
You Won’t Know If You Can Write Your Story Until You Try
You Won’t Know If You Can Write Your Story Until You Try Why caring deeply about your story doesn’t mean you’ll ruin it—and what to do when fear...
Beyond The End
Beyond The End The Story of Jen’s Transformation Every writer has been here. You pour everything into a first draft. Your heart, soul, blood, sweat,...
You Can’t Hatch a Novel with a Full-Grown Chicken
You Can’t Hatch a Novel with a Full-Grown Chicken You have a shiny new story idea. A little fragile baby bird, just hatched from your amazingly...
You Took the Course. You Did the Work. So Why Aren’t You Done Yet?
You Took the Course. You Did the Work. So Why Aren’t You Done Yet? The truth about what gets books finished (hint: it’s not another course). I...
How I Use AI Ethically (Without Losing My Soul… or My Brain)
How I Use AI Ethically (Without Losing My Soul... or My Brain) Heads up… This post isn’t here to persuade you to use AI. It’s here to talk about...
Your Story Matters: A Manifesto for the Brave, the Messy, and the Ready
Creativity Coach. Book coach. Novelist. Fierce protector of the story in your soul. Hi, I’m Claire! A certified fiction book coach, award-winning...