Get (Back to) Writing

You need to write.
You want to write.
You can't.

The words don't come.

Or they come, but they don't say what you mean.

We've all been there:

"I haven't written anything for six months."

"Every time I sit down, I freeze."

"I think I've lost whatever made me a writer."

Every time you promise yourself you'll write, something gets in the way: you tidy your desk, read another article, wonder whether you've "still got it."

As author Matt Haig puts it,

"Writer's block for me is not knowing which idea to choose.

"[Ideas] linger in my brain until they're developed enough to write."

The wordless trap

So much depends on you writing – whether it's honouring a contract, earning a crust, or fulfilling your life-long dream.

Trouble is, the pressure isn't helping.

Just when you need to find the words, the only way to work on them seems to be through words.

But you can't get at the words, so...

How do ideas get developed enough to write?

Discovery by drawing

Matt Haig again:

"Writing is feeling."

I would modify this slightly:

"Feeling first, writing next."

Some things are easier to discover when you don't ask them to become words too soon.

That's why I use NeuroGraphica.

It gives you a simple sequence of drawing steps anyone can do to explore what's already there — without having to explain it first.

You can work on your writing without writing.

And sometimes, as the drawing unfolds, something becomes clear enough that you know what you want to say.

No drawing experience or artistic talent needed.

All it takes is some paper, a marker, and a dollop of curiosity.

"I was curious: How could drawing lines help with my writing?

"The surprise was: you can draw about something — almost as if you're writing about it, but without words getting in the way."

- Tsveta Dimova, screenwriter

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My story

I didn't think I wanted to become a writer.

Until six years ago, my writing was confined to educational assignments, emails and... poems in a private journal.

The poems would bubble up unbidden, born not crafted.

Then I began writing a blog to promote the coaching business I was building.

But I still had no way of writing on purpose. I could only catch the Muse when she happened by.

If I allowed myself to get distracted when an idea surfaced, it would dissolve back into the ether. I would sit, bereft, willing it to return.

In vain.

In 2025, a friend invited me to write a long-read. I shook my head no. How would I do that? I was so used to staring at a blank page with far too much inside my head – but no words.

Somehow, he talked me into it.

Later that year, the same friend offered to publish my first book, to come initially in fortnightly online instalments.

I knew that, if I were to commit to writing a book, I'd need some way to move the writing process forward, no matter how stuck I got.

Writing-by-discipline only carries me so far – because my writing flows from feeling, not exertion.

I began to turn deliberately to a tool I already had at my disposal: NeuroGraphica.

Whenever I felt something I couldn't coax into words, I'd sit down and draw about it instead.

Quite often, I wouldn't get to finish the drawing, because some idea would urge me to put the marker down and pick up the pen.

My drawing at the top of this page is called The Path to My First Book. If you and I ever get to meet, feel free to ask me what each line and shape are about.

My first book (working title: Dance of Lead+Follow) is due out in early 2027.

NeuroGraphica lets me circle the shape of what I'm thinking, until the words come.

Try it for yourself

Bring something you're trying to write.

An article.
A chapter.
A book.
A poem.
Or simply an idea that won't leave you alone.

You'll use NeuroGraphica to explore what's already there — and see what becomes clearer when you stop asking words to do all the work.

Find your way back to the page

Imagine sitting down to your writing and knowing what to do when the words don't come.

Instead of staring at the blank page, you have somewhere else to go.

You pick up your marker, begin to draw, and give whatever is waiting inside you room to emerge.

And when the words are ready, you can return to the page, because you've found your way back to what you wanted to say.

My approach

As a Teacher-Trainer-Mentor-Coach (a nickname I invented for myself), my focus is on listening beneath what you say, so I can hear what you mean.

In a group setting, I aim to help each person notice possibilities that might enrich their process – without imposing.

A tool you get to keep

Once you've learnt the basic NeuroGraphica process, you don't need me — or anyone else — to use it.

You can return to it whenever something is difficult to articulate.

A new idea.
A difficult passage.
A project that has become tangled.

You can draw about it, and see what comes.

"Months later, I still reach for NeuroGraphica whenever I need a fresh perspective."

Is this for you?

This might be for you if:

• you've got something you need or want to write, but can't seem to get started
• you have plenty of ideas but struggle to turn them into something coherent
• you know what you want to say, but can't quite find the words
• you keep circling the same piece of writing without making progress
• you've become dependent on waiting for inspiration
• or you're simply curious about what might happen if you approached writing differently

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