Stephanie Hardy – Writing from the Heart
Looking for hope, progress and ikigai in an increasingly volatile world
Category: Writing
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Writing Responsibly
A year on and I’m at the halfway point for my MA. There hasn’t been a lot of time and energy for other writing, but this post is because one topic has gotten under my skin recently: the need to write responsibly. I’ve spent this summer researching for my dissertation. My topic includes how to… Read.
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Owning Success
I had the good fortune to attend the National Writers’ Conference 2023 by Writing West Midlands this past weekend. Maeve Clarke who authored the Opening Ceremony for the Commonwealth Games gave a keynote on Impostor Syndrome and, of many things that resonated with me in that speech, one thing inspired this entry. She pointed out:… Read.
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Commitment to Writing
Five months on from ‘Now’ vs ‘Next’ and the plan of little goals in pursuit of a big goal has been going relatively well. This blog reflects on the writing component. Writing fiction is something I really enjoy. I’ve been doing it since I was in primary school and I’ve had decent feedback on it.… Read.
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The Definition of Success
It’s the end of August and a full year since I set up my blog. It’s felt like there have been a lot of topics to write about over the past month, but no time to write. It left me wondering if this is me ‘failing’ as a writer, particularly given previous posts about the… Read.
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Fear and Failure
Fear can be paralysing, particularly fear of failure if you’re operating in a field where you’re seen to have experience. After a few conversations on this recently, I wanted to reflect on some ideas that will probably be familiar but we sometimes forget. Failing is essential to growth. If you don’t get things wrong, often… Read.
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The Power of Writing
We’re in an era of telling our stories at the moment. From “Me too”, to “Black Lives Matters”, to “This is Me” and “It gets better”, we’re all using personal accounts to motivate change for the better. And it works because of how emotive those stories are: we can make the reader or listener feel… Read.
Writing from the Heart 