Self-Care Tips for Writers!

let’s chat about taking care of yourself as a creative person! self-care can look different and mean very different things for different people, but these are some principles that have helped me keep a healthier balance and relationship with my writing. RELATED VIDEOS →Managing Critique on Your Writing and Implementing Feedback:    • Managing Critique on Your Work & Implement...   →Writing for Yourself:    • A Chat on Writing for Yourself   →What I Learned About Writing in 2020:    • What I Learned About Writing in 2020!   →9 Writing Pep Talks in 11 Minutes:    • 9 Writing Pep Talks in 11 Minutes!   →I Wrote Every Day and This is What I Learned:    • I Wrote Every Day and This is What I Learned   →BLM petitions, donations, and resources (updating list): https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co / https://blacklivesmattercanada.carrd.co →Anti-Racism Resource Guide: https://allyresourceguide.com →Issues in the World (updating): https://issuesintheworld.carrd.co MY SHORT FICTION: ☾I Will Never Tell You This - The Puritan: http://puritan-magazine.com/never-tel... ☾Solarium - Minola Review: http://www.minolareview.com/shaelin-b... ☾Barefoot - The Fiddlehead [print only]: https://thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282 ☾Wishbone - PRISM international [print only]: http://prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/pr... ☾Wishbone - video reading: https://vimeo.com/420052282 ☾Cherry and Jane in the Garden of Eden - The Puritan: http://puritan-magazine.com/cherry-an... ☾Hold Me Under Till I See the Light - The New Quarterly: https://tnq.ca/story/hold-me-under-ti... ☾Beautiful Animal - Room: https://roommagazine.com/issues/twine TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:11 - Prioritizing your wellbeing 3:04 - Don't follow writers who make you feel bad 4:35 - Get feedback in safe ways 9:30 - Take care reading reviews 10:56 - Do tasks you procrastinate with writing first 12:14 - Write in the way that works for you 14:31 - Remove practices that don't work for you 15:04 - Using rewards 16:25 - Take breaks when you need them 17:29 - Don't tie unhealthy habits to writing 18:25 - Be open to others' processes MORE WRITING TIPS:    • Writing Tips   WRITING VLOGS:    • Writing Vlogs   WRITING CHATS & DISCUSSIONS:    • Writing & Authortube Discussions   BOOK REVIEWS:    • Recent Reads   Check out more writing and publishing videos from me over @Reedsy!:    / @reedsy   OUTRO MUSIC: "l u v t e a [acoustic]" by Autumn Keys SOCIAL Tumblr:   / shaelinwrites   Ask me anything: http://shaelinwrites.tumblr.com/ask Twitter:   / shaelinbishop   Instagram:   / shaelinbishop   Goodreads:   / shaelin-bishop