Why Writers Need Self-Compassion

Show up as if you were a mentor for yourself

Anne Janzer
3 min readApr 22, 2022

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Not long ago, I wrote a book with the title 33 Ways Not to Screw Up Your Business Emails. So imagine my embarrassment when I sent someone an email recently with the number 11,000 instead of 1,100.

Here’s the chapter I wish I’d included in the book: What to do when you do screw up, whether with email, writing…

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Anne Janzer

Author, Writing Coach, Unapologetic Nonfiction Geek. Writing about Writing Itself (very meta). AnneJanzer.com