Therapy for Writers

The writing life is a school of hard knocks. Sharing this page called "therapy for writers" is an effort to share with you, our writing visitor, techniques for climbing out of that trough.

No, we are not therapists (well, actually, a couple of Mumwugs are and if we can coax them into donating pages that will be duly noted in their byline).

This is a hub page, which in practical terms means it will be "fleshed out" as pages in this series are posted.

Some of the topics that are on the agenda are ways to handle rejection, the writing rituals that some of the great ones employed to get themselves started or to use their time well, how to rekindle enthusiasm for your half-dead "novel-in-the-drawer," or overcoming writers block. We'll share with you what has worked for us.

I ususally don't like to put YouTube videos on my site, but I'm making one of the rare exceptions to share with you this hysterically funny way to deal with a rejection letter. Watching this is pure therapy!

For some great therapy read how this author sends a rejection letter in response to a rejection letter, read this post for a chuckle. How an author rejected an agent.

To whet your appetite, did you know these famous writers' rituals?

Shakespeare's twirling his pen
Hemingway's noting the specific topic he would write upon first thing in the morning as the last entry of every working day