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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“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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For nearly six years, each week I’ve posted my best teaching on writing and editing for motivation and practical help. I’ve taken a break or two, but the archive of several hundred posts prove it’s a priority for me–and it’s largely because I need to keep the wind in my sails and the breeze at my back. I write to myself to remind myself of
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“I had been forever altered by our brush with catastrophe….My instrument had changed. And I now understood that it would continue to change. That there would be more befores and afters ahead. Fighting it was futile, impossible. Accepting, even embracing this, was the true work, not only of being a writer, but of being alive.” – Dani Shapiro, Still Writing
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After committing to the slow, patient work of practicing writing, it’s time to consider exactly how you will deliver exactly what readers expect. A few years back, a writer friend of mine introduced me to a book by a well known with a compelling claim: screenwriting guru, Blake Snyder had figured out the formula for proven movie magic (here). I was skeptical because I know so
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