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Creative Mindset Essays

How does it feel to be running out of time?
Hustling our way through life.
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Helen Redfern
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Navigating the Troughs: Finding Inspiration (and Not Allowing the Negativity to Take Hold) in the Low Bits of Your Writing Journey
For when the writing journey feels a little dispiriting.
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Helen Redfern
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You're Doing It All Wrong!
There's a reason why some of us need rules on Substack. But, that doesn't make it right. And it certainly doesn't mean we all have to follow them.
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Helen Redfern
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What's in a name?
Is 'anxious writer' really the name I want for my newsletter?
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Helen Redfern
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Why did I feel so vulnerable writing in public?
Yesterday I went to a coffee shop to write.
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Helen Redfern
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What If She Turns Out Like Me?
What if she turns out like me?
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Helen Redfern
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Do You Keep Procrastinating on Your Writing Project?
Are you terrified of getting something wrong?
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Helen Redfern
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Am I Too Old for TikTok?
Is it my age or something deeper? Why TikTok felt uncomfortable lately.
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Helen Redfern
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How Do You Come Back From THAT?
A few thoughts as I disappear down a Taylor Swift and fear of success rabbit hole.
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Helen Redfern
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How Taylor Swift Inspires My Writing Journey
You don't make it happen simply by wishing for it.
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Helen Redfern
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Rule-Makers Stifle Creativity
Click-baity articles designed to make you feel bad about your writing need to be ignored.
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Helen Redfern
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How Making Friends (in My Forties) Has Given Me Confidence With My Writing.
Coming out from the other side of burnout and soul-crushing loneliness and boosting my creativity.
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Helen Redfern
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