Stuck on your writing project? Help is at hand!
FLOAT • Becoming Unstuck for Writers
by A M Carley
FLOAT • Becoming Unstuck for Writers
As a writer, you know stuckness when you see it. And feel it. And, possibly, fear it. There may be shame. Isolation. The sense that you’re totally alone with this struggle.
Maybe the worst part is not knowing what to do about it. Especially after you’ve tried too many fixes that didn’t work.
First off, you’re not alone. As a writer, you’re part of the timeless clan of writers and storytellers that dates its origins as far back as the ancient cave dwellers. Occasional stuckness probably dates back that far, too.
And here’s more good news: Feeling stuck doesn’t need to be a permanent condition. In fact, sometimes, the stuckness itself can become a key to understanding. When we take away the shame, and give the stuckness a place to be, it can guide us to our next steps.
AM Carley introduces the FLOAT Approach to becoming unstuck: a gentle, stepwise invitation to mindful problem-solving and brainstorming. Your own wisdom gains the space to speak up and be heard.
Use FLOAT to draw on your own hidden resources, restore your confidence, and get back to writing. Become unstuck, your way.
About the author
A M (Anne) Carley coaches authors in the quest toward becoming unstuck. Through her company Chenille Books, she provides creative services to authors writing books and articles in their fields of expertise.
Anne lives, works, and writes in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Her essays have appeared in publications from ArtForum to Estate Planning to Virginia Educational Leadership.
A M Carley’s book gives writers everywhere the tools they need. With the FLOAT Approach, writers can apply the stepwise advice they need toward becoming unstuck.
FLOAT • Becoming Unstuck for Writers (Be Well Here) • SELF-HELP / CREATIVITY • 6×9 trade paperback • 248 pages
Pick up copies of FLOAT • Becoming Unstuck for Writers for yourself and the writers in your life. Get yours from Central Virginia booksellers including Baine’s Books in Scottsville and Appomattox, New Dominion Bookshop in Charlottesville, Black Swan Books in Staunton, and Over the Moon Bookstore, Crozet. The book is available worldwide on Amazon as well,
The ebook version of FLOAT is here on Amazon.
Press
Carley’s book, FLOAT • Becoming Unstuck for Writers, grew out of helping writers develop their books. “I noticed patterns that kept coming up,” she says. The title is an acronym that stands for Focus, Listen, Open, Analyze and Tool. It is a craft book with exercises to stimulate the writing process. It’s a practice in “having a conversation with yourself or asking for help from the cosmos, or however you want to frame it,”
— Raennah Lorne in C-ville Weekly, Charlottesville, VA
Early readers on FLOAT
This is the kind of cajoling I respond to, not boot camp… It’s encouraging, professional and nonjudgmental. This is clearly going to be a very valuable book for writers!
I want to keep this book next to my dictionary.
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