[For the Love of Copy] Write this letter today.

Hey {NAME}, I'm writing this in the after glow of cohosting a Fearless Fast Write with the [Titanides group](=). Titanides is a woman only mentoring collective run by the rather amazing Marcella Allison. In this session, we talked about Brene Brown's book Daring Greatly. I highlighted some segments that really made an impact on me before reading an excerpt about "minding the gap". "Minding the gap is a daring strategy. We have to pay attention to the space between where we're actually standing and where we want to be. More importantly, we have to practice the values that we're holding out as important in our culture. We don't have to be perfect, just engaged and committed to aligning values with action. We also need to be prepared: The gremlins will be out in full forces, as they love to sneak up just when we're about to step into the arena, be vulnerable, and take some chances." Modeling and practising the behaviour and values we want to embody -- through the awkwardness and difficult moments -- is how we build our muscles and make them a habit or second nature. It's how we close the gap become that person we want to be! But here is the thing... we are often very clear on the gap between where we are and where we want to and it feels like a bottomless pit that we don't have the ability to cross. Queue imposter complex, people-pleasing behaviour and retreating from 'the arena'. [Kitties retreating into a basket] ​ In the Fearless Fast Write part of the session, everyone had 5 mins to write a love letter to themselves. The kind of letter you'd write to your best-friend when she needed to know how you see her. In 5 minutes people encouraged and nurtured themselves in amazing ways. Is that something you'd be up for {NAME}. Set a timer. Write that letter. See yourself through the eyes of people who love you. --------------------------------------------------------------- Hot convos and questions There were a lot of juicy questions this week so I've held some over to next week's round-up. Be sure to check in with the FB group to catch them hot off the press! #ADVICE ​[Tanya Rabe](=): "Is it ok to ask here how you get your clients? Do you have a letter you email? Maybe a pack you drop off?" Signed, Big Scaredy-Cat. Help? ♥️ No one here thinks Tanya's a big scared cat. I know it for a fact. Just need a little help from your word and biz nerds here at FTLOC. There's quite a few tidbits and words of encouragement to sort through. Including a link to a flashback episode of [Hot Copy: How to Find New Clients](. Tune in to learn: - How Kate Toon and I found clients - If freelance sites are really worth it - Our number one new client tip #QUESTIONS ​[Lorna O'Hanlon](=)want's to know does a copywriter's blog, ONLY need to be about copywriting? Yes... and no. However, you do want your blog to predominantly focus on the thing you want to be known for. A blog shows off your expertise but it's more than that. It helps your practise your writing and find your voice. Even if the topic is written on a thousand other blogs, your take of the topic makes it uniquely yours. So let yourself shine, lady! #YAYS! 🎉 Speaking of blogs, Lorna did a thing and wrote the most off the wall blog post for a new client -- wait for the topic... [Just a public shout-out of thanks to our gracious host @BelindaWeaver for her writing tips that helped me complete a 1200 word blog about (wait for it) ...........boogers. It’s been published and I’ve been paid a paltry sum* (yay Upwork?) but I learned a lot and portfolio piece/link * I’ve asked nicely for a positive reply and got zilch](=)​ Go you Lorna! Keep following up on that feedback slash testimonial! You can also draft one for them - that saves them time and gets you the review you want. 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Let me know if you write that love letter to yourself. The best 5 mins you'll spend all weekend. Belinda ​ ​ --------------------------------------------------------------- Hey, if you want to tap out of the weekly round-up emails - For The Love of Copy - but nothing else, tell me [no more newsletters please](). No hard feelings. If you want out of everything >> [Unsubscribe]( Where am I? A suburban street , Outside of San Francisco, California 95050 ​ [Built with ConvertKit](