by Allison Prince | Dec 4, 2024 | Guest Post, Inner Critic Talks, Writing
I don’t know about you, but my inner critic loves to downplay accomplishments and up-play undertakings until the simplest task looks impossible. Last month, I passed a yellow belt test—big whoop. I’ve been training for about a decade. What’s the big deal? The big deal...
by Allison Prince | Nov 18, 2024 | Alli's musings, God Talks, Inner Critic Talks, Projects!, Writing
A long, long time ago, in a land far, far away, I stood next to a group of girls my age and realized, for the first time in my life, that other people thought things about me and that those things were not very nice. I was homeschooled, a little overweight, had braces...
by Allison Prince | Oct 30, 2024 | An encouraging word, Inner Critic Talks
Last week, I talked about the power of critique. I touched briefly on how critique is important and improves us as a writer, and how it’s not good to let your inner critic take control in times of editing. But that still leaves us with a very important question. How...
by Allison Prince | Oct 22, 2024 | Inner Critic Talks, Projects!, Writing
We’re a little over a week away from Halloween. That means that lots of people are paying attention to the scariest things we could experience on this earth. People will dress up as werewolves, vampires, and worse, the IRS guy, but none of those things compare to the...
by Allison Prince | Oct 16, 2024 | God Talks, Guest Post, Inner Critic Talks
Did you watch Inside Out 2? The best part of the whole movie is the scene where Riley is self-conscious about her arms swinging while she walks. She tries a bunch of different things with her hands, but no matter what she does, her inner critic (represented by the...
by Allison Prince | Aug 7, 2024 | Alli's musings, God Talks, Inner Critic Talks, Writing
Are you scared of being known? Like, truly, deeply known? I grew up in the hills of SoCal, tramping through my backyard, making up stories. We lived about forty-five minutes away from everyone we knew, and I was ten, so I didn’t have a phone to contact my friends....