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Muck! Brain bog and swamp mouth

You’re not alone. Most everyone, at some point, wrestles with Imposter Syndrome or a mean inner critic. One side effect: writer’s block.

The good news is that I know several incredible best practices and tricks to put your inner critic in the corner and empower your creative, compassionate brain for wonderful productivity. Don’t worry- I won’t make you use a typewriter.

Let’s talk about your specific written content challenge and I’ll offer you some tools to help you get what you need written, for the platform(s) you're using, and in the right time.

For anyone who loves Door County, WI, this is your last chance to sign up for my Write Your Own Adventure workshop at Write On, Door County. I’ll teach many fun ways to wake up your imagination and find catharsis in rewriting your stories. Sign up here.

Ruck! Are those fighting words?

What did we learn from the presidential debate on September 10th, regardless of your political affiliation? Someone showed up prepared with well-written and practiced content to convey their message, and the other candidate preferred to react and ad lib. Both clearly stayed on brand.

One person was:

• extremely easy to understand,

• understood their target audience, and

• established themselves as an educated, strong, trusted expert.

The other candidate:

• didn’t make sense, however

• strung together random buzzwords their audience listens for and

• did invoke emotion.

What do you want to accomplish with your content?

This is what I ask my clients: Is your desire to educate and build trust? Stir up emotions to lead clients to take action? 

There are ways to do both well, using your brand voice, sticking with your brand’s key topics, and ensuring you’re connecting with your ideal stakeholders (not to yourself about yourself).

For LGBTQ+ friendly businesses looking to improve their inclusive written content, I offer a 15 week program in which I guide you to realign with your mission and relationships to launch a more effective marketing plan. Let me be very clear, we have a lot of fun in Mission Magnetosphere.

Pluck! Career-Ready Clothing for Our Community

Tomorrow I’m donating clothes to support LGBTQ+ individuals in their career journeys with gender-affirming clothing for all genders. OPEN Madison is looking for gently used professional attire of all kinds—tops, button-downs, pants, skirts, jewelry, shoes, and more! 

If you’re in the Madison area and have good duds to help our community dress for success, drop your donations at Chrysalis. Call (608) 217-1741 to arrange your drop-off at 255 N Sherman Ave #2, Madison, WI 53704

Styling and fitting will happen at the LGBTQ+ Career Fair before the Annual Dinner Event.

Buck! Put Your Money Where Your Heart Shines

If you care about our local rainbow community in Madison, WI, and need to make your accountant happy with good tax write-offs, now is the time to sponsor your table or purchase your tickets to the OPEN Madison Annual Dinner Event. this is their one big fundraiser for the year and with these funds they help provide job opportunities and support for the LGBTQ+ community.

Luck! Try Your Fortune in an Interchangeable Action Novel©

And support A Room of One’s Own! My book is there and they are quite the incredible bookstore! I’m going there tomorrow to get a queer mystery book for a cool Big Queer Book Swap.

That’s it for now!
Lovely living on this planet with you!

Laura Paisley Beck