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⚔️ Finding Pleasure in Your Writing Tools

Week 2: Ground and sky (and all the places between)

Sharpen your style and find joy in wordcraft with bestselling writing expert Helen Sword.

Dear fellow writer,

Welcome to Swordcraft, my series of short, sharp videos for paid subscribers who want to grow their writing practice and hone their wordcraft, one swordsnip at a time.

Today’s episode is the second in my six-part Swordcraft sequence on Notebooking with Pleasure. Every week for six weeks, I’ll introduce you to a different core feature of pleasurable writing — patterns, tools, processes, identity, challenge, and balance — and guide you through prompts for exploring those themes through playful note-taking practices.

“Notebooking with Pleasure” runs in parallel with (and draws on material from) the Pleasure Catalyst, my annual six-week course for writers seeking to reframe their negative emotions about writing and find new paths to pleasure. The Catalyst started last week, and we’re having a blast. Come join us — it’s not too late to enroll!

And if you haven’t yet signed up for my W…

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