Writing is a solitary occupation, and one of its hazzards is loneliness. But an advantage of loneliness is privacy, autonomy and freedom. – Joyce Carol Oates We all believe this fallacy that writing is a solitary sport. Of course we write alone. At least, that’s what we tend to think. It’s not a team activity. It’s one writer, sometimes two,
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“It’s always the vulnerable heart that breaks broken hearts free.” I read a new book recently and it changed me. It helped me realize something I hadn’t before. Books often do that, of course, but not in a quite so fundamentally altering way. You know how when new information comes, there’s always that period of instability before you can even
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Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.” – Lk 17:19 Last week, I shared one of my favorite posts of all time, “Writing into the Light.” (Link here: micksilva.com/writing-into-the-light) That post has long served to remind me of why I do this, why I fight to write in the light, day in day out. And
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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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