Valuing Your Writing

The Magic Behind Storytelling Writing is more than just telling a story. If you’re a writer, you’re a multitasker in your most natural state. You’re a visionary, communicator, researcher, and an editor—among all the other stuff we must do as humans. When we combine all these, we become something else entirely: a world of ourContinue reading “Valuing Your Writing”

Psychology and Philosophy from the Mind of a Creative

Writer’s Quest is a walk through psychology and philosophy from the mind of a creative. Bad things happen; it’s tragic, but the good news is that good things happen too, and that’s a wonderful feeling. The many folds and layers we walk through bring us closer and closer to ourselves through good and bad experiences.Continue reading “Psychology and Philosophy from the Mind of a Creative”

It’s Ok to have a Growing To Be Read Pile

My To Be Read (TBR) pile is getting a tad dusty, but that didn’t stop me from getting The Maidens written by Alex Michaelides. Yes, books are supposed to be read, but me and the rest of the reading community fully support books on the shelf that haven’t been read yet. Here’s the truth, youContinue reading “It’s Ok to have a Growing To Be Read Pile”

Working on My Log Line

Writer’s Quest is an experimental fiction novel about a painter who’s searching for her mom and meets a mystical mentor. It’s a story told through different styles of storytelling that shares a woman’s artistic and personal transformation. Do you have a log line you’ve used? Share in the comments? I found a insightful blog postContinue reading “Working on My Log Line”

Irresponsibility, the Pleasure of Art.

“Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.” -James Joyce James Joyce was an instant favorite of mine. It was like he crawled into my head and spoke my language. I started with Finnegans Wake, what is often considered his magnum opus. Then I read Ulysses.Continue reading “Irresponsibility, the Pleasure of Art.”

The Value of Writing Consistently

“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means.” — Joan Didion There’s a part in Writer’s Quest where Senta, my main character, explodes into her notebook and experiences a great release from finally unloading all the weight she has been carrying. I thinkContinue reading “The Value of Writing Consistently”

Building Faith Through Storytelling

A Writer’s Quest “To leap across an abyss, one is better served by faith than doubt.” -William James This quote makes me wonder how we give our readers the faith that together we will make the leap or the journey from the beginning to the end of the story. Is it inspiration that fans theContinue reading “Building Faith Through Storytelling”

Exploring Jung’s Divine Feminine

“The collective unconscious consists of the sum of the instincts and their correlates, the archetypes. Just as everybody possesses instincts, so he also possesses a stock of archetypal images.” -Carl Jung Writer’s Quest was inspired by a lot of Carl Jung’s work. Most of Jung’s influence can be seen in book one, where Senta meetsContinue reading “Exploring Jung’s Divine Feminine”