Writer’s block comes in many flavours. When you’re faced with a blank screen, there’s your basic vanilla procrastination.The ‘I’ll just do this first’, or ‘I need another cup of tea before I start.’

From initial idea to sharing your work, there are seven stages to the writing process. They each require different skills, a different energy, or just a different focus. You might find that some are better suited to different times of day, or even just a different mood. If you can give yourself the time and space to do it, there’s joy to be had at every stage.

I wish I’d known that you can’t build a serious amount of writing into your business without redesigning your working life.

What do you do when the words don’t flow? When you can’t keep the goal in sight, you get lost in the document and it’s all an exhausting and frustrating muddle?

Whether it’s due to stress, tiredness, or illness, for most of us there are times when writing doesn’t come easily. So how can you write when you’re not feeling your best?

We worry that no one’s going to want to read what we’ve written. And we worry that if our writing lacks personality, that people will think we’re boring too. It’s a horrible confidence sapping feeling. Here’s how to improve your writing.