Expand Your Writing BASE
A free tool to help you deepen and grow your writing practice 📚
Dear fellow writer,
Are you a Lone Wolf? A Seabird? A Bullet Train?
Of all the free writing resources I’ve created over the years, the Writing BASE is my favorite. It’s colorful, interactive, and illuminating — and, best of all, it provides you with a clear action plan for broadening and strengthening your BASE, the foundation on which your writing practice is built.
My research suggests that more than one quarter of academic and professional writers worldwide self-diagnose as the Pebble, a profile associated with low self-confidence in four key dimensions of writing: Behavioral, Artisanal, Social, and Emotional. But if the Pebble profile describes you, take heart! While you may feel small and unpolished in your writing practice right now, you have the potential to grow into a cornerstone of strength, broadening and deepening your BASE until you achieve the coveted profile known as the Rock.
To try out this whizzy free tool for yourself:
Go to the Writing BASE website and drag the colored dots to find the four statements that best describe your behavioral, artisanal, social, and emotional habits:
B) How productively do you write?
A) How skillfully do you write?
S) To what degree are other people a part of your writing practice?
E) How do you feel about your writing?Next, click the pink “See My Profile” button to reveal your individual profile and diagnosis. (You may wish to save a screenshot as a reference, so you can try the tool again a few months from now and see how your BASE has grown).
For a more detailed analysis and a custom blueprint for broadening your BASE, click “Get Action Plan” and follow the link to your WriteSPACE or WS Studio membership area. (If you’re not a WriteSPACE member, use your profile name as a discount code to try free for 30 days, then log into your membership area, navigate to the BASE page, and click on your profile name).
You can learn more about the origins, functions, and applications of the Writing BASE by downloading this research article and exploring the About and Profiles pages on the website.
Better yet, why not invite me to run an online or onsite writing workshop on “Productivity without Pressure” for the writers in your organization? I’d love to see you there!
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Kia pai tō koutou rā (have a great day) — and keep on writing!
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Books by WriteSPACE founder Helen Sword
Bonus content for paid subscribers
Welcome to Productivity School, a 30-minute Swordcraft video that introduces you to six core components of productive writing (three behavioral, one artisanal, one social, one emotional) based on the BASE model, which I first introduced in my 2017 book Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write.
Enjoy!
