Update! We’ve just finished our 5-day Challenge – and had a whopping 700 people participate! It is exciting to me to reach so many writers with so much empowering information about the creative process. This is a tiny movement to get writers writing!
Ready to dig deeper? Ready to WRITE, now? We’re starting our 5-week, Creative Mastery Class on Monday. There are still a few spots open, if you want to hit the ground writing!
What Stops you from Writing?
For some of us, there’s a longing. A calling. A need to write. And we fall short.
- We stay busy and never write
- We start things and don’t finish
- We write and don’t sell
- We thwart our desire to write with compulsions – like overeating, drinking, overthinking, or shopping
You probably wouldn’t even call what you have “writer’s block.” Bec it is so blocked, so back-burnered that you think of it more as a silly notion that comes to mind, periodically. Do you think you should write a book or screenplay? Do you “scribble” and never do anything with your work? Do you work on other people’s ideas and wish you could get to yours?
If you wish to be a writer, write.
That sentiment was the mantra of my youth. I wanted to write, and for some reason, maybe I thought I needed permission, or a writing job that validated that desire. When I complained (and I did) people said If you wanna write, write. At the time, I didn’t know it was the advice of Epictetus an ancient Greek philosopher, and I thought they were being kind of mean, like saying “shut up, go away, and just write.” But now my perspective on it is different. Its meaning is simpler, kinder. Just write. Find a way to get writing and keep writing, and your voice will develop. It was an advice for indulging your devotion, not a smack-down.
If you wish to write, and you aren’t writing, there’s probably a reason, NOT linked to your talent or lack thereof. It’s likely the mismatch between your creative strengths and where you are in the creative process.
You’re shutting down, without realizing it, and judging yourself (harshly) for not being able to do what “real” writers seem to be able to do, and “just write” isn’t sufficient advice.
If you consider yourself a “writer” at heart, but you just don’t get to the work that matters to you. Or you get it started and it stalls…. and stalls…. then help yourself out.
Join the 5-week Creative Mastery Class, starting Monday, March 8th. We will write together, daily. We assess your creative thinking style, and give you proven tools to get you through the parts that usually stall you.
WE WRITERS NEED THIS INFORMATION. We are suffering in the dark, when there’s a whole branch of psychology dedicated to helping people create better. I want to share that research and knowledge with the people I care about (oh, that’s you, btw.) Register now. You’ll be glad you did. It’s a firehose of information – a really good one. And you’ll be writing – alot – before you know it.
Here’s what people say about this 5-week class.
“I thought I’d learn about writing in this class, but I really learned about myself. That, along with the daily dedicated group writing time, was just what I needed to break free from the stranglehold of writer’s block I’d been experiencing. I wrote more in the five weeks of the class than I had in the previous nine months, and my good habits and enthusiasm are still in place weeks after the final class. I highly recommend Julia Roberts and her unique program for any writer!” – Laurie O’Connor Stephans
“Great class! Worth the time!” – Kathleen Frances Cosgrove
“[The Creative Mastery Course] was, in fact, a major help. It provided structure, insight into writing issues, and impetus to keep writing. Further, at the time I took it, it gave way to focus on writing. That was new to me. That focus has lasted. In and of itself, that was and remains a gigantic gift.” – Dean Landsman
“Julia, Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have grown so much from your input. I’m so glad I have you in my life and hopefully soon an entire community will be benefiting from your knowledge too. 
” – Joanne Hall Scalf
What people say about the Creative Selfie (part of the 5-week Creative Mastery Class)
“It was really exciting, and I learned a whole lot. I realized that instead of playing to my strengths, I beat myself up about my weaknesses. Something shifted. I came away with a different appreciation for my strengths and a better understanding of my weaknesses and what to do about that, how to approach projects differently.” – Maria Archer
“Diagnostic is a key word. Taking the test was fun. But it wasn’t until you gave the results and we went over them together that I could see how I could compensate for some of my deficiencies. Okay I might have this issue, but who do I know that can balance that tendency for me.
I loved hearing what my main drivers are. It gave me a little checklist for how to make decisions going forward.” – Liza Dawson