Sophfronia’s Blog
Kind Words
A blog about what I find amazing, smart, beautiful, or just plain fun.
Unlocking Procrastination
Author Sophfronia Scott on how to talk yourself through the work you need to do, so you'll do it when you need to do it.
Mistakes Happen!
Author Sophfronia Scott on having compassion for yourself when your efforts fall a little bit short.
Avoiding Overwhelm
Author Sophfronia Scott reflects on how overwhelm doesn't have to be a way of life.
Running Toward the Positive
Author Sophfronia Scott on positive and negative incentives. What motivates you, the “carrot” or the “stick”?
A Way to Hope
Author Sophfronia Scott on the difference between hope being somewhere off in a vague future, and hope being in a very powerful present moment.
The Joy of a Child
Author Sophfronia Scott on how what you loved when you were little can guide your creative life now, and even bring back a lost sense of self.
From Rest, What Dreams May Come
Author Sophfronia Scott on how taking time off may be the most ambitious thing you can do for your work.
Bravery Required
Author Sophfronia Scott reports from the Alma College MFA in Creative Writing summer residency on how writers—and everyone else—can step into the unknown of post-lockdown in this pandemic world.
