COMPEL Training’s best writing wisdom from 2020! (Check out our video!)
Friend, I’m not sure where your heart or head is at today. Maybe your heart is bruised from the past year, maybe your weary soul aches. I get it. This year has been hard and heavy,...
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What to do When the Risk Doesn’t Feel Worth it
Today's COMPEL Training blog post from writer Amy Patton. I am NOT artistic. Or crafty, really. I mean, I try. But because the majority of my projects fall into the #fail category, I have always believed I wasn't creative....
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The Lie That Will Keep You From Creating
Today's COMPEL blog post comes from writer Meredith Boggs. There was a lie that I long believed that crippled my creativity. It was the lie that I had to have something of value to offer the world...
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No Experience Required
Today's blog post comes from writer Taryn Carbol In today’s day and age of technology, if you are applying for a new job, you are likely scrolling through online applications. Perusing these applications can become discouraging as...
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Taking Your First Steps as a Writer
Today's blog post comes from Encouragement for Today writer, Alexandra Hoover. I remember the first time my daughter, Leilla, took her first few steps. She was right around 1, wobbly knees, feet stumbling, adrenaline rushing. Our house...
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How to Take Hold Of Immeasurably More
Today’s COMPEL blog post comes from Encouragement for Today writer and speaker, Alicia Bruxvoort. When my youngest son was a toddler, he accessorized every outfit with a bulky silver tape measure. Clipped to his waistband or hooked...
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Writing While Wrestling with Mom Guilt
Today’s COMPEL blog post comes from Encouragement for Today writer and author, Arlene Pellicane. “Mom, can you play with me?” Oh, this is a complicated question! On one hand, you probably only have 18 summers with...
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Our God is Not a God of Maybes
Today's COMPEL Blog post comes from Encouragement for Today writer, Corrie Gerbatz. It was 1:00pm. The time I had intentionally set aside to write. And yet there I stood in the kitchen, wiping down the counters, reorganizing all the...
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P.A.C.E. Your Writing Life
This week's COMPEL Blog post was written by Encouragement for Today writer Laura Bailey. "Writing is so much more than putting words on a page. I was so naive, having absolutely no idea about the amount of work...
Continue Reading The God Who Sees Me
I received the long text and read it slowly. Then I read it again. She accused me of saying things I never said. She assumed words I’d written on social media were about her when they weren’t. I sat...
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