Archive for the Writers Tag

The Gift of Anxiety…Part 2

I had a dream a while back that won’t let me forget it. Truth is, I’ve been running from it. It was one of those vivid disturbing dreams, and for no apparent reason other than its scary lifelikeness in smashing technicolor. The brightness of the whole thing is its strongest impression, even these several weeks that have passed. A lamp
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Pursuing Suffering…or Why I Hate Writing

I wonder sometimes if I’m paying any attention to what I say or not. A friend texts me and I don’t notice for a while. “You writing today?”I scrunch my nose. I have the most shocking ability to deny reality.I coach authors for a living. I do this because I like it. Also, I don’t really like doing anything else that
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Don’t Forget to Pursue Nothing

amusement – an activity that is diverting and holds the attention; a-muse, lit. “without thought.”  I used to know how to have fun even if no one else around me did. I’m not sure when exactly it happened, but I’ve grown up. It became obvious recently and scared me. We went to a movie Friday night and it felt like I
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Why Writers Must Be Audacious

“In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.” ―Goethe The neighborhood kids are holding me hostage. I wanted to write today about how we’re trained to fear getting out of line and yet writing well requires audacity. I was all set to write and then I realized the story was really about this: as
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Friday Morning Pages

(on slowness) Many people believe we are living in one of the most stressful times in history. The stress isn’t about being eaten by dinosaurs or how we’ll escape the marauding Vikings. People are now eaten by schedules and crushing poverty. A friend of mine said recently the modern family is living life at an abusive pace. And writing takes
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