Like most who pursue this creative life, while writing I’m more dependent on the daily requirements of my existence than I like to admit. And like most, I’m terrified of losing my routine. The little habits I’ve grown addicted to, of waking and showering and reading, preparing and preserving the ideas and energy for the page, they’ve grown to encompass more of the
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Have you ever noticed how the best writing reads like it sprung from the page spontaneously with an undeniable clarity and logic, like it wasn’t so much written by the author as discovered? Watching the closing ceremonies of the Olympics with my wife and daughters last night, it was impossible not to realize to how hard every one of those athletes
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I hate the WriteorDie App. No, I really hate it. It’s as bad or worse than all those intrusive, creativity-killing “productivity” programs. And I have many reasons for my strong dislike…. 1. If you slow down or stop, you get bombarded by loud alarms. Yeah, this is helpful. Apparently, you can’t stop writing even for a few seconds to think. Come on–is this
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“Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” – Dylan Thomas Things broke this week. It was pathetic. Blessings like a tidal wave have poured in and yet I still got sucked into the undertow of work this week, my legs
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“The writer’s job is to abandon their work. To allow others to make judgment of its worth. And to go on to the next story…” – William Stafford Did you write from your pain last week? How have you been at facing your fears through writing? If you’ve attempted it, you know it requires discipline and patience,
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