Top Posts & Pages
- About
- First drafts: allowing the worm to navigate the soils of your mind
- The boy whose butter I ate: writing from the inside out
- All a writer can ask
- Throwing away material without a sense of failure
- Playful child and iron teacher: the two halves of the writer
- What happens when a character’s skirt gets hitched in her knickers?
- It’s an anxious job, pulling out of the comfort zone
- Write of things you love
- Try to get ahead too fast and you might end up with your trousers round your ankles
what I've seen recently
If you are not scared of the voices inside you, you will not dread the critics outside you. Anyhow, those internal voices are just the gatekeepers, protecting the profound creative mind that exists within you. . . . #writer #meditate #amwriting #writing #lifecoaching #lifecoach #write #writenomatterwhat #writenow #presenceYesterday, a friend said, 'I'm not very good at meditating,' so I wanted to say that, sitting and noticing how bloody busy your mind is is not a sign that you can't do it. As soon as you're aware that you're not in the moment, that's when you're in the moment, baby! . . . #lifecoaching #lifecoach #amwriting #writer #presence #meditation #howtomeditate #meditateWhen you walk the writers' path you have a chance to meet yourself along the way and become intimate with your soul. . . . #amwriting #writer #lifecoaching #writenow #write #lifecoach #freewritingCategories
Older posts for the really keen
Tweeties
- Marie is such an inspiration. If you have room for a podcast, and want a life that you LOVE go for this.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 days ago
- Are you putting yourself under pressure to have this perfect voice as a writer rather than trusting your own unique… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 days ago
Meta
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Writing isn’t just about having an idea – you have to know what to do with it
I’m sitting at the bar of a coffeeshop in Amsterdam, scribbling away. A man, standing next to me, gestures at my notebook and says: what do you write? I’m actually writing about my notebook, I tell him. Some people who … Continue reading
Posted in Essay, Fiction, Memoir, Travel
Tagged Creative writing, editing, Fiction, Gabriela Blandy, how to write, Memoir, short story, travelling, Writer's block, Writing, writing advice, Writing process
18 Comments
