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Kris Windley

Kris Windley is a professional writer, editor, and educator living in New Brunswick, Canada. With a breadth of experience in the classroom, boardroom, and in print - Kris brings a dynamic and novel perspective to every project she is a part of. In her current role as Program Director for The Writers' Federation of New Brunswick, Kris develops new programs and helps to plan events supporting the work of other New Brunswick writers. She continues to teach practical classes about *actually* working as a writer in a loud and distracting time and tries to keep some space for her own writing as well. When she can, Kris writes about the madness of language, the importance of community, and the difficult joys to be found while building a life at the end of the world.

Kris Windley

Kris Windley is a professional writer, editor, and educator living in New Brunswick, Canada. With a breadth of experience in the classroom, boardroom, and in print - Kris brings a dynamic and novel perspective to every project she is a part of. In her current role as Program Director for The Writers' Federation of New Brunswick, Kris develops new programs and helps to plan events supporting the work of other New Brunswick writers. She continues to teach practical classes about *actually* working as a writer in a loud and distracting time and tries to keep some space for her own writing as well. When she can, Kris writes about the madness of language, the importance of community, and the difficult joys to be found while building a life at the end of the world.
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    5 ways to organize your ideas to share them effectively Kris Windley

    5 Ways for Writers to Organize Ideas

    By Kris Windley | December 13, 2021

    How can you organize ideas in a way that will make everything clear and more fun? I know I spend a lot of time harping on you guys to organize your ideas and plan your writing. Now, we’re talking about revising and I’m saying you have to re-organize your writing after the fact, if it…

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    The Shocking Truth about Writers’ Block is Simple.

    By Kris Windley | December 13, 2021

    It’s that horrible feeling when you sit down to write… But instead of finding that creative flow pouring out, you sit paralyzed – staring at your computer screen and seething at the impossible task of…words. Everybody who’s tried communicating with words has felt it: a paralyzing barrier between the idea you want to share & the ability to…

    Writing Skills

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    Writing Process Cornerstone

    By Kris Windley | February 17, 2022

    Your Writing Process Matters. When a client or student of mine is struggling with any part of their writing, there are five things I examine in order to find the reason behind their difficulties. It’s like a doctor’s screening process, I imagine. The first place I look to help me diagnose and treat their writing…

    Impostor Syndrome - Kris WIndley: Writer, Editor, Educator

    Don’t Believe Impostor Syndrome; human value isn’t a competition.

    By Kris Windley | December 13, 2021

    Impostor Syndrome can affect anyone. But the experience of women, people of colour, and neurodivergent and disabled people with impostor syndrome should be viewed through an intersectional lens. Impostor Syndrome tends to describe high-achieving individuals who lack an ability to internalize their accomplishments and a persistent fear of being exposed as a fraud. Sound familiar?…

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    Your Writing Process Matters. Stop the Cage Match!

    By Kris Windley | December 13, 2021

    Okay, so I recognize that you might not imagine the term, “Cage Match” as a descriptor of your writing process. But it will all make sense in a minute. I swear! We all get frozen sometimes when we are writing. A few weeks ago, I talked about how that freezing sensation has nothing to do with Writers’…

    Canadian Publishing

    5 ways to organize your ideas to share them effectively Kris Windley

    5 Ways for Writers to Organize Ideas

    By Kris Windley | December 13, 2021

    How can you organize ideas in a way that will make everything clear and more fun? I know I spend a lot of time harping on you guys to organize your ideas and plan your writing. Now, we’re talking about revising and I’m saying you have to re-organize your writing after the fact, if it…

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    A red typewriter, hand drawn by Kris Windley, with the words, “Dear World” on the paper in the typewriter

    Writing Process Cornerstone

    By Kris Windley | February 17, 2022

    Your Writing Process Matters. When a client or student of mine is struggling with any part of their writing, there are five things I examine in order to find the reason behind their difficulties. It’s like a doctor’s screening process, I imagine. The first place I look to help me diagnose and treat their writing…

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    Impostor Syndrome - Kris WIndley: Writer, Editor, Educator

    Don’t Believe Impostor Syndrome; human value isn’t a competition.

    By Kris Windley | December 13, 2021

    Impostor Syndrome can affect anyone. But the experience of women, people of colour, and neurodivergent and disabled people with impostor syndrome should be viewed through an intersectional lens. Impostor Syndrome tends to describe high-achieving individuals who lack an ability to internalize their accomplishments and a persistent fear of being exposed as a fraud. Sound familiar?…