Write Now Coach! Blog by Rochelle Melander

(and Preserve Your Writing Time) by Rochelle Melander “If something is not a “hell, YEAH!,” then it’s a “no!” – James Altucher At the beginning of fall, the days feel open and full of possibility. I feel like I can do it all—all the classes and clients and projects—and still... Read More

01 Sep 2026

Writers Read

How Books Transform Lives

by Rochelle Melander When I was a kid, my reading habit got me into trouble—a lot. My teachers yelled at me for reading under the desk. (Okay, not the smartest move). They warned me of the dangers of reading books that were too old for me. (There’s stuff in there... Read More

25 Aug 2026

Productivity

Write, Fail, Repeat: The Writer’s Guide to Failing Better

by Rochelle Melander “Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make.” —Corita Kent My clients have talked a lot about failure lately. They plan, choose a path, and it doesn’t work out. They insist they’ve failed. I encourage them to think of the situation as... Read More

18 Aug 2026

Author Interviews

Writing a Devotional after Trauma

An Interview with Jane Rubietta Welcome to the blog, Jane! Tell us about your new book, Merge: The Road After Trauma Meets Faith. Rochelle, thank you for this invitation! With a sub-subtitle of “40 ride-along reflections for the detours you didn’t choose,” it’s a book for people trying to get... Read More

11 Aug 2026

Game Changer

Hook Your Brain: How to Focus and Write Now

By Rochelle Melander May Sarton published Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing, anovel about a poet and writer in the early 60s, long before cell phones and the internet. Here’s what she said about the main character’s struggle to write, no doubt inspired by her own writing life: Every single day she... Read More

04 Aug 2026

Game Changer

The Writer’s Secret Weapon: Envisioning Your Future Self

By Rochelle Melander Imagine that you have someone who’s eagerly awaiting your next writing project. She will rejoice when you finish it. He can’t wait to get it out into the world. How would you behave differently if you knew someone was waiting for your work? I’m guessing you might... Read More

28 Jul 2026

Game Changer

Stop Staring at the Blank Page: Why Prewriting Is a Game Changer

by Rochelle Melander There’s more than one way to look at a blank page. Gaston Bachelard wrote: A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream. G.K. Chesterton... Read More

21 Jul 2026

Writing in Crisis

The Courage to Ask: How Getting Help Transformed Helen Keller’s Life

by Rochelle Melander We imagine that writing and making art is easy. Sometimes it is. An idea hits us and we execute it with ease. But that’s very rare. In fact, making art can be hard. In his book, Several short sentences about writing, Verlyn Klinkenborg writes, “It’s hard work,... Read More