

Lisa's 10 Rules of Writing
1. Show up and stay there. Stay in your seat. Nothing is coming to you, you say? You’re staring at a blank page or the blinking cursor on a white screen? Stay. Resist the urge to flee and do something else (check Facebook, text someone, eat something, do laundry, take a nap). Learn how to be comfortable being uncomfortable. 2. You can’t edit nothing. Write something. You can edit something. 3. Give yourself permission to begin without it being perfect. I begin with pen to pap