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Do you keep promising yourself to write but never quite get around to it? Do you delete almost as many words as you write? Do you write things that never get shared? Nobody is born knowing how to write. Like any skill, writing improves with deliberate practice and attention. With growing skill often comes heightened enjoyment. This book will help you develop writing skill so you can share your message. There is no single writing recipe that works for everybody, but successful writers rely on common ingredients. Play with the experiments in this book to find what works for you. 13 Sit experiments will help you get your writing started, defeat gremlins, build habits, and find inspiration. 26 Write experiments will help you imagine your message, create a rough draft, and then edit in phases until your polished version emerges. 16 Share experiments will help you get support, publish, and spread your message to those who need it. This book will help you build your own unique writing practice.

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In the writer's battle of gremlins versus muses, Kathryn Britton's Sit Write Share is filled with well organized, easily doable, and highly adaptable experiments to help you overcome your gremlins, get to know your muses, and write from your authentic inspired voice. Sit Write Share is a writer's reference book, a treasure trove, of everything you need to know to take your writing from wavering intentions to reader-ready manuscript. It is a valuable resource for all writers on the road to becoming published authors. Diana Whitney, PhD Founder, Corporation for Positive Change Co-Founder, The Taos Institute Author of twenty books including Thriving Women, Thriving World and The Power of Appreciative Inquiry. Sit Write Share offers budding (and established) writers a treasure trove of doable strategies to unlock your writing potential and get your book published. Kathryn writes with wisdom and pragmatism but also understands the deeply emotional and relational aspects of writing. I wish I had Kathryn's insights when I wrote my first book and I will definitely be using them to write my next book. Dr. Lea Waters, PhD, registered psychologist Author of The Strength Switch If you have a book in you but you dread writing, Sit Write Share will help you turn that around. It has experiments to get past fears, escape writers' block, and view faulty first drafts with appreciation. It can even help you learn to view editing as an act of love for your audience. This book is a resource that every writer should have close at hand. Sit Write Share has helped me, and it will help you, too. David J. Pollay Best-selling author of The Law of the Garbage Truck(R) Every writer knows that going from inspiration to written pages is the hardest task we face. That is why Kathryn Britton's guide to help all kinds of writers overcome doubts and distractions so that writing can occur is so brilliant. The exercises prime the pump and get the words going. I've already recommended the book to friends and clients who have a book locked inside of themselves that Kathryn can help them to birth and be proud of. Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP, executive coach, speaker Best-selling author of Creating Your Best Life and Getting Grit From her writing experience, experiments and her own blood, sweat, and writing tears, Kathryn is a true writing Yoda. As the original master says, do or do not, there is no try ; Kathryn has translated this ethos to writing in this book. I can tell you firsthand that when I follow Kathryn's method and write, yes, my writing is better, but more importantly, my life works better and I am a better person in it. This book is for anyone who is interested in exploring their relationship with writing as a pathway to having more impact in the world. Jen Grace Baron, co-CEO InspireCorps, Author of Dare to Inspire Whether you want to become a writer for the first time or to stop polishing without publishing, Sit Write Share is for you! Using simple and elegant prose, Kathryn Britton offers writers comforting structure: more than 50 practical, creative, experiential writing experiments, and numerous inspiring stories based on her decades of experience as a writer, editor, and coach. Sit Write Share will help you defeat your writing demons, design a sustainable, personalized writing practice, and discover joy in sharing and receiving feedback about your writing. Sherri W. Fisher, MEd, MAPP Best-selling author of The Effort Myth: How to Give Your Child the Three Gifts of Motivation

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Kathryn Britton's clients call her the brilliant midwife of words. She has helped hundreds of people become word crafters who complete writing projects, big and small. Her own publications include books and articles about computer science, coaching, and applied positive psychology. After earning a Master of Applied Positive Psychology degree at the University of Pennsylvania, she founded Theano Coaching LLC to coach writers and run writing workshops. Kathryn has witnessed the power of her writing experiments to help authors find joy, build confidence, and get writing done that changes the world.

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