{"id":11005,"date":"2014-07-17T14:55:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T19:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisatener.local\/?p=11005"},"modified":"2024-09-30T08:58:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T12:58:58","slug":"what-next-after-a-first-draft-writing-tips-from-an-angelic-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2014\/07\/what-next-after-a-first-draft-writing-tips-from-an-angelic-insider\/","title":{"rendered":"What Next After a First Draft? Writing Tips from An Angelic Insider"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"angel“It was like completing an Ironman,” Bridget Engel shared in her angelic voice and New Zealand accent.\u00a0 While completing\u00a0 a solid first draft of 7 of her 8 chapters of Guidance to Go<\/em> in my Bring Your Book to Life(R) Program put Bridget on Cloud 9, it also took its toll.<\/p>\n

“I felt like my creative juice had been used up and I needed to take a break from the book, not just from writing it physically, but letting it go mentally and emotionally. I had to stop thinking about it.”<\/p>\n

Being an Angel Guide and Coach, Bridget has a nifty tool for this type of creative break. “Energetically, when you want to not think about something, you can imagine putting it in a beautiful gold box, encrusted in jewels. I told myself, ‘I will open this later but not for now’ which gave me the ability to rest and take a break. The gold box is brilliant for people who cannot stop thinking about things or who get emotionally attached. It’s a high energy tool that I recommend to my clients.”<\/p>\n

During her break, Bridget did little nourishing things for herself–resting, lighting candles, seeing friends. The time off did wonders for Bridget’s creative process. “My creativity tapped me on the shoulder a month later. ‘I’m ready. I’m ready to write.'”<\/p>\n

“I sat down at the computer and brilliant ideas just flowed out, taking the concept to a further developmental place. I love these new ideas, and I needed that respite to make it happen.”<\/p>\n

Note: You can read Bridget’s brilliant insights for what to do when you hit writer’s block<\/a> in a previous blog post. And, please, share your ideas for how you get your creative juices going after a writing marathon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“It was like completing an Ironman,” Bridget Engel shared in her angelic voice and New Zealand accent.\u00a0 While completing\u00a0 a solid first draft of 7 of her 8 chapters of Guidance to Go in my Bring Your Book to Life(R) Program put Bridget on Cloud 9, it also took its toll. “I felt like my…  Read more<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,24],"tags":[1479,1681,1046],"class_list":{"0":"post-11005","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-writers-block","8":"category-writing","9":"tag-bridget-engel","10":"tag-writers-block","11":"tag-writing-tips","12":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279132,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11005\/revisions\/279132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}