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Colleen M. Story is on a mission to inspire people from all walks of life to overcome modern-day challenges and find creative fulfillment. After interviewing hundreds of writers struggling with today’s writing and publishing demands, she wrote “Overwhelmed Writer Rescue,” which is full of practical, personalized solutions to help writers and other creative artists escape the tyranny of the to-do list and nurture the genius within. It was named Solo Medalist in the New Apple Book Awards (2018), and earned the Book by Book Pub Award for the best writing and publishing book in 2018. Her literary novel, “Loreena’s Gift,” was an Idaho Author Awards first place winner, New Apple Solo Medalist winner, and Foreword Reviews’ INDIES Book of the Year Awards winner, among others.
Colleen frequently serves as a keynote speaker and workshop leader, where she helps attendees remove mental and emotional blocks and tap into their unique creative powers. Her motivational website, Writing and Wellness (writingandwellness.com), serves as a robust informational resource for writers and other creative artists.
To find more information on Colleen and her work, see her author website at www.colleenmstory.com, or follow her on Twitter (@ colleen_m_story).
Reviewed by Kim Anisi for Readers' Favorite
Are you a writer who often feels like he/she is getting nowhere? Then Overwhelmed Writer Rescue by Colleen M. Story could be a life-saver (or rather book-saver). Many writers are, for some reason, not finishing what they start, or never even start on their project. They are either too busy, too stressed, too depressed, too tired, too something. Not many would admit it's all just an excuse to keep yourself from writing. Fear, as this book teaches us, is one of the saboteurs that stand in the way of your productivity and creativity. The author promises the reader practical steps to overcome distractions and focus faster, information that will help you to figure out why you even have a problem with being productive, and what you need to do to find your very own personal motivation style. You will also learn how to regain control over your time. And this all - drum roll - without silly affirmations and "secrets".
I was positively surprised at the wealth of information contained in Overwhelmed Writer Rescue by Colleen M. Story. I expected more of the same, as I've read many books on writing and being a writer. This one stands out from the others (at least for me) because the advice given is not only useful for your life as a writer, but also for your life in general. I also learned a few new things, e.g. I wasn't aware of the existence of time personalities and how this affects writing (and life in general). The book was a very refreshing read as the author clearly knows how annoying it is when you tell a writer - or anybody - that positive thinking and affirmations will get you where you want to be, if only you are positive enough. To me, it always seems like a personal attack if a book tells me I don't get what I want because I am not positive and smiley-happy-chappy enough. Most introverts will probably be able to relate.
This book offers a wide variety of solutions. Not all will be useful for everyone as some are aimed at particular personality types - but that makes them helpful because the author understands that one size never fits all. I was delighted to find some ideas that seem like they were written down just for writers like me. Others I could simply ignore because some issues aren't an issue for me, but will be for other writers. In addition to content you really can't fault, the design of the book is also worth mentioning. It's a joy to get through the book as readability and the design can motivate you to keep going, and have both clearly been taken into account. You don't just get one long block of text after the other. Even if you don't struggle with your writing, this book can be a great resource to keep you on track and remind you of what's really important.
