The Road to Resilience

You reach for Resilience, recognizing that you need stronger emotional stamina to weather the setbacks that are inevitable parts of the writing process. Your biggest roadblock may be self-sabotage: unconsciously undermining your progress just when things start going well because part of you believes that success won't last.

Turn your roadblocks into your rocket fuel by filling your tank with writing resources designed to boost your confidence, sharpen your style, and channel self-doubt into sustainable creative strength. Below you’ll find Discovery Paths, Reflection Pools, and Landmark Resources to help you navigate the Road to Resilience!

Explore our Pathways to Resilience to find Wayfinder resources tagged with the keyword Resilience. Each Featured Resource is paired with a Featured Timer and a Featured Challenge inviting you to expand your Resilience into new territory.

Toss a penny into the Wishing Well; play around in the Splash Pond; gaze into the Still Waters of your deepest self; or drink from the Fountain of Hope. Whichever Reflection Pool you choose, you’ll emerge replenished and inspired!

Within and beyond the WriteSPACE, you’ll find many resources to guide you on your journey to Resilience. Here are some of our top picks.

• Watch: Writing and Risktaking, a WriteSPACE Special Event video featuring a lively conversation on risk and resilience with criminologist David R. Goyes.

• Read: Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write by Helen Sword, especially Chapter 11, “Risk and Resilience.”

• Learn: Accelerate your journey to emotional resilience with the Pleasure Catalyst, a transformational 6-week course offered in February-March each year.

Want to broaden your horizons by roaming our other Roads to Writing? Fill out our WriteSPACE Journey Planner, and we’ll create a personalized Roadmap and Itinerary just for you!