“The first draft of anything is garbage.” – Ernest Hemingway “The story is crystal clear in my mind,” the writing student told me. “But when I try to write it down I spend hours obsessing over the expression. I can’t continue until...
Busting the myth of magical support for authors and artists I’ve lived most of my life believing that love conquers all. Along with it came a related belief that if you just do what you love, everything will work out fine – or in a more popular phrasing, do what...
Write from the stillness beyond words As a writer you feel called to tell a story and create worlds that entrance and captivate your readers. But have you ever wondered where stories come from? For me, one possible answer is given by spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle,...
As writers, we can end up with a lot of stress if we think we have to ‘make up words’ and find the right things to say. It’s no wonder we freeze when we encounter the blank page. All that pressure to perform and to find just the right words....
Do we need to know what to write about before we begin writing? If we believe that is true, we are going to wait a long time. The inner mind, our source of inspiration, seldom gives us a nice, big story with beginning, middle and end all neatly packaged. It gives...
There is a special kind of doubt that arises when we close the study door and attempt to make a safe space for our writing. Suddenly the safe space turns into a very difficult place to stay in. When the door closes we find privacy but we are also separated from our...
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