I listened to everyone else read their work. They were incredible. It dawned on me that what I wrote was shite. I could feel this sense of dread twist and turn in my bowels and claw its way up my throat.
Read More“We excel ONLY when people who know us and care about us tell us what they experience and what they feel, and in particular when they see something within us that really works.”
Read MoreI have worked from home even before self-isolation was a widely used term. What’s changed is that there are real threats to lives and society, and lots of misinformation to sift through.
Read MoreNina and I are both trained in the Gateless Writing methodology. She shared how it shines a light on the writer’s inner genius, giving appropriate and safe feedback. Which is so encouraging to a beginning writer.
Read MoreYou’ll think you’re leading everything. But her showing up has been an invitation she has purposefully chosen to extend to you.
Read MoreWhile our writing is all about the small stuff—the words, the sentences—have your mind on the end goal: the fruition of your big idea, the overarching conflict between reader and life, between protagonist and antagonist. Just get it down on the page.
Read MoreEasy? Hardly. Guess who’s also sitting there with you. You know. Your inner critic. Your ego. Your survival mechanism. It’s thinking up all these other things you could be doing instead.
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