There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly: sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges. Ernest Hemingway I’d always prefer easier. It’s that’s human nature. I don’t have trouble stepping up to a challenge but I try to find the most efficient way toContinue reading “Explosions are Nice But are They Needed?”
Category Archives: on writing
To Share the Draft or Not to Share?
“Don’t wait for things to be perfect before you share them with others. Show early and show often. It’ll be pretty when we get there, but it won’t be pretty along the way.” Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc This makes me feel like I should be sharing my novel with someone. I don’t mind sharing early atContinue reading “To Share the Draft or Not to Share?”
Quality and Quantity
I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn. Anne Frank It’s right before before it’s time to write that I struggle to remember how my spirit is reborn after a good writing session. One of those sessions where I’m focused and interested in what I have to shareContinue reading “Quality and Quantity”
Driving and Avoidance
I did a lot of driving in the car today so I had time to think. It was nice and also it was sooo cool in the A/C. So I’ve been thinking about the ways I limit myself from doing what I love by waiting for a better time to do it. I’m the writerContinue reading “Driving and Avoidance”
Peace Helps
My head was killing me today. It was a strange day. But strange or not, I wanted to get some dishes done, so I pulled up a stool by the sink and played an audible book. I took my time soaking and scrubbing while I enjoyed the book. Then I worked on part 3 ofContinue reading “Peace Helps”
On Spirit
Deepak Chopra and Leonardo da Vinci on spirit and art Meditation is the progressive quieting of our mind, until we reach the source of thought, which in wisdom traditions are the realm of our soul and spirit. In this domain of awareness there is infinite creativity, synchronicity, the power of intention, and freedom from limitations.Continue reading “On Spirit”
Leonardo da Vinci on spirit
Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art. Leonardo da Vinci Yesterday I asked if the source of thought are the realm of soul and spirit. I wondered if the well is also considered the source of thought which are the realm of soul and spirit and if in thisContinue reading “Leonardo da Vinci on spirit”
Quieting of Our Mind?
Meditation is the progressive quieting of our mind, until we reach the source of thought, which in wisdom traditions are the realm of our soul and spirit. In this domain of awareness there is infinite creativity, synchronicity, the power of intention, and freedom from limitations. Deepak Chopra The realm of our soul and spirit? TheContinue reading “Quieting of Our Mind?”
What Do You Stand For?
“You have to follow your own voice. You have to be yourself when you write. In effect, you have to announce, ‘This is me, this is what I stand for, this is what you get when you read me. I’m doing the best I can—buy me or not—but this is who I am as aContinue reading “What Do You Stand For?”
Writing, Magic, Obsessions
The unexplained happenings in the writing world. If you write enough, you tend to notice certain patterns. It’s usually a series of coincidences, but then again you may just become a hyper observant creative. You need the minute details for your story, so to find them you may become borderline obsessed with finding the answers.Continue reading “Writing, Magic, Obsessions”
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