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The Mean Girls solution to writer’s block
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Reading time: 1.06 257 words Hey Reader, My go-to framework for when a client is stuck on sitting down and writing is the Burn Book exercise. If you’ve seen the movie Mean Girls, that will make some sense to you. If not, 1) see it because it’s an iconic Noughties movie, and 2) it is a notebook in which the girls would scribble down their darkest, meanest, most miserable burns about other people. Stuff that should be actually set on fire. Messages that should self-destruct. You take that concept and you write down absolutely unfiltered stuff that you would never show to anyone else. Maybe it’ll get you cancelled cos it goes so far against what’s currently mainstream in your industry; maybe it would make you look completely unhinged because it’s that joyful. The point is that you let rip on the page. No worrying about what other people think because nobody else will ever see this. That will bring forth a tide of ideas that you actually really care deeply about. As soon as you find those threads, as soon as you tap into that, because we have to get through that layer of ego and self-censorship, as soon as we can get below that — writing becomes a lot easier. This is just one of the tools I use in MicroBook Magic to get you writing. It helps you get out of your own way and onto the page instead. Want to join Season 7 on October 20? Get on the waiting list here. TTFN, Vicky 🫡 p.s. Know someone who might enjoy this email? Please forward it to them and get them to sign up here.
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