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Part 1: The Creative Struggle

• Welcome to Unavoidable Writing!
• Why We’re Here
  • Why Avoidance Happens
  • Why Writers Avoid Writing
• The Unavoidable Writing Approach
• How Avoidance Shows You the Way

Part 2: Turning Resistance Into Refuge

• How Resistance to Writing Reveals Our Refuge
• Quiz: The Shadows and Promises of Writing
  • The Three Shadows of Writing
  • The Three Promises of Writing
• What Do My Quiz Results Mean to Me?

Part 3: Where All Writers Begin

• The First Shadow of Writing, Fear
  • Writing in the Age of Overwhelm
  • The Art of Not-Writing
• The First Promise of Writing, Home
  • Choose Space, Choose Constraint
  • Make Writing Your Own

Part 4: Where Writers Lose Direction

• The Second Shadow of Writing, Guilt
  • The Matter with Wanting
  • How to Learn Out Loud
• The Second Promise of Writing, Harmony
  • ‘Direction’ as ‘Taste Over Time’
  • When Your Desire Talks Back to You

Part 5: Where Writers Lose Themselves

• The Third Shadow of Writing, Shame
  • What It Means to Be Seen
  • Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
• The Third Promise of Writing, Wholeness
  • Becoming the ‘Seer’
  • Leading With Your Words
• Conclusion: “What Have I Been Avoiding Lately?”

Bonuses

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• Case Study Participant: Share your experience with Unavoidable Writing to help enhance the creative journey of future students! Your feedback and experiences as a student may get included in a future book, updates to the course, or promotional materials to prospective students.

Student Tools

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